More Secrets of Hebrew Words: Holy Days and Happy Days

Just as in his previous volume, The Secrets of Hebrew Words, Rabbi Blech brings readers into the fascinating world of gematria (the reckoning of numbers) and acronyms to uncover the vast profundity hidden in everyday Hebrew language. Rabbi Blech demonstrates that the language through which God creates the world is not composed of a haphazard arrangement of Hebrew letters. The letters are also numbers that define the essence of things with the exactitude of mathematics.

About the Author :
Rabbi Benjamin Blech is a nationally recognized educator, religious leader, author, and lecturer. He served as rabbi of Young Israel of Oceanside for more than three decades and is assistant professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University in New York City. He has been the scholar-in-residence for numerous congregations throughout the United States, Canada, and the Orient, and he has lectured to Jewish communities in Israel, Australia, and many other countries.

Review :
In hundreds of illustrations dealing with a vast array of topics-Israel, God, Torah; life and death; truth and falsehood; good and evil; joy and sorrow; love and hatred; peace and war; the blessings of life (wealth, wisdom, soul, friends); man, woman, and family; biblical heroes and villains; and prophecies and predictions-the author conveys the major ideas of Judaism as they are expressed in the secrets built into simple Hebrew words. A master teacher, Rabbi Blech opens the multifaceted treasures of the Hebrew language to the scholar and layman through his text. Using roots, gematria, and excerpts from biblical texts, the varied meanings of words are explained. This is a masterwork for reading, for learning, as a major source of material for speeches. If your library is a busy one, you may need two copies, one for reference and the other for general use.... Rabbi Blech, the master teacher whose dynamism inspires in the classroom, discloses the excitement that generates from hidden meanings lying beneath the surface of the biblical text and basic Hebrew words. This work will be helpful and valuable to those new to Torah study as an opportunity to taste multifaceted treasures of Judaism, as well as those more learned, enabling them to discover new meaning not previously observed. A master teacher, Rabbi Blech opens the multifaceted treasures of the Hebrew language to the scholar and layman through his text. Using roots, gematria, and excerpts from biblical texts, the varied meanings of words are explained. This is a master work for reading, for learning, as a major source of material for speeches. If your library is a busy one, you may need two copies, one for reference and the other for general use.