Entering Torah: Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion (Paperback)

from JamesPaul977

Hammer breaks down each of the fifty-two Torah portion into four to six page chapters. They are listed in their yearly order and as they fall into the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Each are clearly divided into 1) description and 2) analysis. Hammer states this wa...

from Suralon

Reuven Hammer's Entering Torah is a very good book in my opinion. It gives explanations or commentary on the weekly Torah portions from both an orthodox and progressive point of view. One can understand the popularity of Dr. Hammer's column in the "Jerusalem Post". Rabbi Hammer show's a great dea...

from Suralon

Reuven Hammer's Entering Torah is a very good book in my opinion. It gives explanations or commentary on the weekly Torah portions from both an orthodox and progressive point of view. One can understand the popularity of Dr. Hammer's column in the "Jerusalem Post". Rabbi Hammer show's a great dea...

from Sarij

From the foreword" Studying the weekly Torah portion-Parashat hashavua- is an ancient Jewish practice that is in enshrined in codes of Jewish Law". Whether you are a devote follower of the Jewish faith or someone like me who is not Jewish but wishes to learn more about the faith and the Torah Ent...

from lawecon

I generally agree with the following part of Nuadu's review, below: "Reuven Hammer's _Entering Torah_ is precisely what the book claims to be, an introductory text dedicated to teaching about basic ways to read Torah passages. As such it is a fairly simple text, both in language and in thought ma...