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What a wonderful way to start each day.
An inspirational companion of comfort, reassurance, and hope that helps you start each day of the year on a positive note—with a powerful quote from a Jewish source, and a brief, striking reflection on it from an inspiring spiritual leader.
Contributors include:
Judith Z. Abrams • Bradley Shavit Artson • Tsvi Blanchard • Lester Bronstein • Nina Beth Cardin • Michael M. Cohen • William Cutter • Amy Eilberg • Dov Peretz Elkins • Edward Feinstein • Mordecai Finley • Nancy Flam • Elyse Frishman • David Gelfand • Neil Gillman • James Stone Goodman • Leonard Gordon • Irving (Yitz) Greenberg • Joel Lurie Grishaver • Lawrence A. Hoffman • Abie Ingber • Elana Kanter • Irwin Kula • Lawrence Kushner • Lori Lefkovitz • Adina Lewittes • Arthur J. Magida • Vivian Mayer • Michael Paley • James Ponet • Bernard S. Raskas • Rachel T. Sabath • Jeffrey K. Salkin • Sandy Eisenberg Sasso • Amy Scheinerman • Harold Schulweis • Rami M. Shapiro • Mychal B. Springer • Ira Stone • Joseph Telushkin • Harlan J. Wechsler • Sharon L. Wechter • David Wolpe
"Prayer is speech in its purest form. It is our heart speaking in its own way, in its own voice, just as it needs to."
—Rabbi Amy Eilberg
“Keep this treasure by the bed.”
—Jewish Family Times
“The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you.”
—Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
“Perhaps one of the greatest of miracles is believing that there are miracles at all and that they still happen, even if we never know for sure.”
—Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Introduction
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Endnotes
Glossary of Terms
Our Teachers: Authors of Quoted Texts
Sources of Quoted Texts
Contributors
Theme Index
Permissions