Benjamin Blech
Born
Zurich , Switzerland
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The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
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36 editions
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2008
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism
7 editions
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1999
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture
11 editions
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1998
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish
4 editions
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2000
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If God Is Good, Why Is the World So Bad?
6 editions
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2003
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Your Name Is Your Blessing: Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meanings
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5 editions
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1999
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Eyewitness to Jewish History
6 editions
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2004
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Hope, Not Fear: A Guide to Changing the Way We View Death
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More Secrets of Hebrew Words: Holy Days and Happy Days
8 editions
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1977
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Taking Stock: A Spiritual Guide to Rising Above Life's Financial Ups and Downs
3 editions
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2003
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“Until the Tower of Babel, humans had only planted and sown, reaped and harvested. Farmers are dependent upon nature and, in their dependency, turn to God. Builders, however, seek to control nature. And in their sense of might they tend to overplay their own role and at times to believe that they are no longer dependent on God. “Come let us build a city and a tower with its top in Heavenâ€� (Genesis 11:4). The Talmud adds (Sanhedrin 109a): “We will build a tower that reaches so high that we will be able to come to the very throne of the Almighty and topple him.â€� The metaphor is profound. The scientist says if we build high enough, if we indicate our ultimate strength, if we reach the skies and soar to the very Heavens, then we, too, with Yuri Gagarin, the first Russian cosmonaut, can say with unbounded egoism, “There is no God, because I was in the Heavens and I did not see Him.â€� “Let us make us a nameâ€� was the cry of the first technological wizards. “We will dethrone God.â€� And so they built the Tower of Babel.”
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
“Good" and "bad" describe the subjective feelings we have toward semothing; the words "true" or "false" deal with reality, regardless of our feelings.”
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
“What we deem insignificant may bear light to the whole world.”
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
― Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed
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