Michael Apfelbaum
Published: 2021-03-26
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A guide for non-religious Jewish people to return to their faith. An easy understandable explanation of what Judaism is all about, why a non-religious Jew should become more religious, and the benefits of adding a little bit more Jewish ritual into their lives. After reading this book the transition from "spiritual but not religious" to "spiritual and religious" will be a breeze.Easy reading, short chapters, some excerpts:"Assimilation into secularism buried more Jews than Hitler. You are one of them. It's never too late to rise from the dead.""With Abraham, Moses, and the Ten Commandments on your team who wouldn't want to be a Jew fan? It's a greater place of satisfaction than a Yankee fan for sure.""Doing a 'mitzvah,' a good thing, is more enthralling than a movie, more satisfying than an ice cream cone, and the results lasts longer than doing twenty abdominal crunches. Doing mitzvahs never gets old or boring. It becomes a way of life that gains momentum each day.""HASHEM doesn't measure your observance level so much as your effort level, and also your capacity to do good things in the world. Making the effort to add a touch of Jewish ritual into your life increases that capacity." "The glamour of American materialism, reserved for the young and affluent, is fleeting. The divine consciousness of Jewish ritual, for those of all ages and incomes, is forever. You can still chase what's fleeting while lifting yourself into the forever.""We're told that HASHEM is immensely judgmental, enormously wrathful, amazingly forgiving, thoughtfully kind, and all powerful to the max. But I also find HASHEM to be the penultimate comedian." "When you take one minute out of your mundane life to light Shabbos candles and say the short prayer it changes you. And every time you spy the burning candles they lift you."