NEW RELEASE!!

WHAT YOU GET:

3 ONE-HOUR LECTURES ON RABBI YEHUDA HALEVY
43 PAGE E-BOOK ON CD

A priest, a rabbi, and a philosopher walk into a palace . . .

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s actually the scenario for Reb Yehuda Halevy’s monumental classic The Kuzari in which the king of the Khazars, who really did convert to Judaism, invites four people – a philosopher, a Christian, a Moslem, and a Jew – to debate the relative merits of their worldviews. From their dialogue comes a picture of the philosophical basis of Judaism.

“I’ve often felt The Kuzari should be required study in yeshivas,” says Rabbi Wein. “70-80% of all the intellectual problems raised against Judaism simply disappear with knowledge of The Kuzari.”

The trouble is, how many of us can get through a 700-page tome? Well now, in a 43-page e-book, you’ll be able to grasp the essentials of The Kuzari, and more than that, you’ll appreciate the remarkable man who wrote it - his life, times, poetry, and love for the Land of Israel.

The e-course includes:

• the extraordinary biography – from his life in medieval Spain to his death in the Holy Land
• the historical backdrop of Spain’s Golden Age
• comparisons between his world and ours
• essential points from his magnum opus, The Kuzari, including moving excerpts
• Western philosophy versus Jewish theology
• 14 classic poems with line-by-line English translation • a discussion of piyutim and the Sephardic traditions of prayer
• outlines and transcriptions so you can follow along with Rabbi Wein on audio
• biographical summaries of his teachers and contemporaries, from the Ri Migash to the Rambam
• pictures, maps, and diagrams that illustrate the rise and fall of Jewish Spain
• a timeline of pivotal events in the seven century-long Spanish exile
• embedded links for more information on a wide variety of subjects
• Rabbi Wein’s recommended reading list
• a glossary of all non-English terms