The Weight of Gold - by Moshe Silver (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

For nearly three decades Rabbi Moshe Silver has offered his unique creative approach to teaching text - from Torah to Shakespeare - while mentoring young people from Wall Street to a yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he and his wife make their home. When Rabbi Silver helped guide a young Christian business associate through a spiritual crisis, little did they know that it would result in this life-altering book. The Weight of Gold reveals the Torah's universal messages for personal growth and social justice, showing that the Torah is indeed the User's Guide to the human soul.

Review Quotes

"Rabbi Moshe Silver's new book on the weekly Parashah is not just another commentary. If you think you've learned everything there is to know on the Torah, you haven't read The Weight of Gold. Its interpretations are fresh, inspiring, illuminating and revealing. Get a copy and study it - you won't be disappointed."

Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, editor of Chicken Soup For The Jewish Soul, and For Those Left Behind: A Jewish Anthology Of Comfort And Healing

"Rav Moshe Silver's insights on the Torah are based on his vast experience in the business world and through his varied worldly exposure and learning. He is a very interesting intelligent individual with a great voice and a big heart. His ideas will appeal to people from all nations and backgrounds and help spread the universal ideas of the Torah."

Rabbi David Bassous, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, NJ

"As a master pedagogue, Moshe Silver speaks to us in direct, plain-talk, allowing the compelling teachings of the Torah to come alive through question and answer. The Weight of Gold bears the weight of wisdom lightly, and offers spiritual gifts to seeker and student alike."

Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Chicago