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Completing Life
Inhis fourth and final collection of sermons, best-selling author Rabbi SidneyGreenberg offers a variety of compelling lessons that span his magnificent 54years of service to the Jewish community. This wonderfully rich volume,published just months after his passing, showcases his most illuminating andinsightful commentaries on a broad range of crucial issues. From the importanceof Jewish identity and Israel, to the joys of family and congregation, to the verypersonal loss that touched his own household - Rabbi Greenberg brings hisuniquely gentle voice to explore all aspects of the human condition. The authorof more than 30 books, he uses literary characters, Biblical parables, andcurrent events to bring Judaism, love, healing, and renewal into sharper focus.InCompleting Life, Rabbi Greenbergexplains that we need to let go in order to move on: "Whatever our age, it is atime for us to grow - to become more capable of forgiveness, more sensitive toanother's pain, more receptive to criticism, more open to a new idea." - from "Completing Life."Cautioningus against holding grudges, Rabbi Greenberg urges: "Toomany of our angers are like inverted pyramids. They often rest on tiny, trivialincidents but they spread upward and outward until they fill our minds." - from "Are There Any Corrections to the Minutes?" Addressingthe all-too-American fondness for materialism, he maintains that "Happiness isnot found in our possessions. It is found in how much we appreciate what wehave." - from "As We Think."RabbiGreenberg underscores the importance of unconditional love: "To love your childfor his achievements is easy. To love him for his failures is to love himwell." - from "The Art of Failing."Atthe time of his death, Rabbi Greenberg was compiling his fourth anthology ofsermons. In keeping with his wishes, CompletingLife was lovingly assembled by his wife, Hilda. It's their gift to theworld - one that will challenge you to re-examine your values, goals, and viewsof contemporary Amer