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Published by Hybrid Publishers
Melbourne Victoria Australia
©Ron Goldschlager, Adin Steinsaltz 2010
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Hybrid Publishers,
PO Box 52, Ormond 3204.
First published 2010
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Author: Goldschlager, Ronald.
Title: The mystery of you : living life /
Ronald Goldschlager, Adin Steinsaltz.
ISBN: 9781876462987 (hbk.)
Subjects: Ethics.
Jewish philosophy.
Other Authors/Contributors: Steinsaltz, Adin.
Dewey Number: 170
Cover design: © Dynamic Creations
All paintings in this book and on the cover by © Victor Majzner
Photo of Rabbi Steinsaltz on back flap by © Emmanuel Santos
Editing and translation of some of Rabbi Steinsaltz’s articles:
Yehudit Shabta
www.mysteryofyou.com
Digital Distribution: Ebook Alchemy
ISBN: 9781877006807 (Epub)
Contents
Introduction Ron Goldschlager
1: Ageing
2: Belief and Bureaucracy
3: Continuity
4: Behaviour
5: Water, Life and Numbers
6: Happiness
7: Science or Religion and Religion or Science
Afterword
The Confrontation of the Yetzer Ha-ra
Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz
Preface
Starting in the Middle
The One and the Many
From Childhood to Old Age
When ...
Are You Satisfied with Where You Are Now in Your Life?
The Fear of Loneliness
Death Shall Be Defeated
The Significance of the Giving of the Torah
The Religious Question
Different Types of Human Knowledge
On the Impracticability of Returning
Homecoming
“The World Should Endure Because of the Children; They Deserve It”
Educating Desire
Deed and Intention
Yearly Stocktaking
Strengths in the Soul
A Torah of Life
The Inner Meaning of the Giving of the Torah
Freedom Without Content is Another Kind of Slavery
Diaspora as a Dream
Divine Providence and Faith
Succoth
Preparing for the New Year
On Science and Religion – Some General Thoughts
Innocence and Modern Man
Technology Does Not Change Man’s Problems
The Question of Purpose
Half-Wisdom
The Reparation of the Intelligentsia
Heroism
Notes on Paintings by Victor Majzner
Life is like a roller coaster
Pulling us along
Driving us at rapid pace
No song, no face, just race!
Perceptions do become the rule
No time to dig, just run
The superficiality – routine becomes reality
Daily normality – no fun.
A break, a rest, some time to jest
To sleep, to breathe at best.
To search for depth, to keep, to make
Life full of what to take?
We work and play, we move and stay
Each day another challenge –
We live, we search, we hope, we find, we hold –
The truth be told
We trust, we grow, we mellow.
Ron Goldschlager
Introduction
How young are you? Are you satisfied with your life? Do you have fresh challenges ahead and new things to look forward to? Are you suffering from unfulfilled expectations?
