Rabbi Hayyim Angel has published a new book, the Heart of the Megillot.
The Five Megillot occupy a unique place in Jewish life and thought. Read throughout the liturgical year, these beloved biblical books explore love and longing, loyalty and redemption, grief and faith, wisdom and uncertainty.
In The Heart of the Five Megillot, Rabbi Hayyim Angel draws on classical rabbinic interpretation, literary analysis, and contemporary scholarship to illuminate the enduring power of Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther.
Written for thoughtful readers, students, educators, clergy, and synagogue study groups, this volume invites readers to engage the Five Megillot with intellectual rigor, spiritual sensitivity, and a deep appreciation for the richness of the Jewish interpretive tradition.
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If you are a member of the Institute and receive Conversations, you should have received Rabbi Hayyim Angel's book, The Megillot Companion (Conversations 47).