Torah & Company: The Weekly Portion of Torah, Accompanied by Generous Helpings of Mishnah and Gemara, Served up with Discussion Questions to Spice up Your Sabbath Table
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Torah & Company: The Weekly Portion of Torah, Accompanied by Generous Helpings of Mishnah and Gemara, Served up with Discussion Questions to Spice up Your Sabbath Table
The weekly portion of Torah, accompanied by generous helpings of Mishnah and Gemara, served up with discussion questions to spice up your Sabbath table.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
More Basic Than I Expected:
This is a good beginning discussion guide but it is much less thorough or extensive than I expected it to be. Only a very short snippet of the parasha is selected for discussion and there is only a question -- or two -- about it. I expected a more extensive discussion guide than this turned out to be.
Not enough substance:
I was disappointed in this book. There is not enough substance. I thought it would be a more indepth study of the weekly parsha.
Create meaningful family discussions based on Jewish teachings:
I am the publisher of Torah and Company. TORAH & COMPANY is a gateway to learning and discovery and a boost to conversation: We have found this book to be wonderful at eliciting ideas from the teenagers at our table, as well as the youngest children, and guests, about the BIG IDEAS of Judaism. What makes this book special is not that it is an in-depth study of the Torah portion; it does not claim to be. As the author discusses in the introduction, the rabbis of the Talmud have propounded that... more info
Torah & Co.:
The book is terrible and not worth owning. Discussion of each parsha is limited to a few sentences and therefor any discussion questions have no relevance. An excellent book on this topic is 'COMMON GROUND', the weekly torah portion in the eyes of a conservative, orthodox, and reform rabbi. I would be happy to give T & Co. free to anyone who wants it.
