Talmud for Everyday Living: Insights into Buying and Selling
(Talmud for Everyday Living)

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Editorial Reviews

Rabbi Hillel Gamoran seeks to offer a Jewish perspective on issues that affect our everyday lives as Jews and human beings in the workplace. Gamoran organizes and presents passages from the Talmud that highlight the themes of ethics and fairness in the business environment. Whether familiar with the Talmud or approaching it for the first time, readers will benefit from the richness of the primary text sources. Gamoran’s commentary, and the questions elicited fro each passage. No Hebrew skills are necessary. These books are perfect for those who are looking for a way to combine their interest in Judaism with their everyday work life.

Rabbi Gamoran continues his exploration into business and the Talmud by focusing on the ethical dimension of commerce. What does the Talmud say about fraud? What do the Rabbis say should be included in a sale? These are just some of the questions covered in this volume.

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Customer Reviews

A well-reasoned and unequivocally written spiritual guide

Reviewed by Midwest Book Review, 2003-06-12

Talmud For Everyday Living, Book 2: Insights Into Buying And Selling by Hillel Gamoran (Lecturer in Talmud and Rabbinic Literature, University of Washington) is the second volume in a series form UAHC Press which is specifically dedicated to investigating what Judaism has to say about ethics with regard to the business world. Rabbi Gamoran draws from the Talmud itself when evaluating business dilemmas of the past, present, and future. A well-reasoned and unequivocally written spiritual guide that blends faith with practical necessity, Talmud For Everyday Living: Book 2 is a welcome and recommended addition to Judaic Studies reference collections and Business Ethics supplemental reading lists.