My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging

by Rachel Naomi Remen

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

250.071 REM

Genres

Collections

ADULT COLLECTION, 250 Judaism - Religion and Theology

Publication

Riverhead Books (2001), Edition: English Language, 400 pages

Description

In My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive. Dr. Remen's grandfather, an orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah, saw life as a web of connection and knew that everyone belonged to him, and that he belonged to everyone. He taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness, and connects us more deeply to life. Life has given us many more blessings than we have allowed ourselves to receive. My Grandfather's Blessings is about how we can recognize and receive our blessings and bless the life in others. Serving others heals us. Through our service we will discover our own wholeness--and the way to restore hidden wholeness in the world.… (more)

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LibraryThing member webweber
I've read this book through three times and am ready to start again. One insightful, positive, uplifting little book.
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LibraryThing member rmyoung
I'd run into a burning building to save this book. Life-affirming stories to give confidence and courage to the displaced.
LibraryThing member AniArnott
bought this book when my mother got cancer; kept it and the other one, kitchen table wisdom in the bathroom (they are not THAT sacred - but...) It was good to just be able to rest my mind in her words and kindness. after she began to recover, my mother found them, and loved them too.
LibraryThing member TallyChan5
A collection of short essays that show us how to honor and trust life.

Subjects

Audiobooks
Exempla, Jewish
Jewish ethics
Jewish way of life
Remen, Rachel Naomi Religion

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

400 p.; 5.45 inches

ISBN

1573228567 / 9781573228565

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