{"id":8843380686999,"title":"The Ethics Of Numbers P\/B Engelberg (BKE-TEONPBB)","handle":"the-ethics-of-numbers-p-b-engelberg-bke-teonpbb","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book of Numbers raises ethical questions central to the Jewish faith. Too often, we learn these Biblical stories as children and never revisit them—or their ethical implications—as adults. The Ethics of Numbers, the fourth in the Ethics series, provides further elucidation of these narratives and concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Dr. Abba Engelberg presents traditional answers, explained in depth, as well as original interpretations, to difficult quandaries, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the Jewish view of asceticism, worldly pleasure, and self-deprivation for religious purposes?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the role of the Korban Pesach and Pesach Sheni in fostering Jewish faith?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDid Miriam deserve to be punished with tzara’at for defending the honor of Zipporah?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWas the punishment of the spies too severe?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat exactly was wrong with Korach’s plea?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes Judaism countenance the act of Pinchas and can religion tolerate vigilante justice?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat lesson can we learn from Zelophehad’s daughters courage in speaking up?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbba Engelberg graduated from Telshe Yeshiva (valedictorian) and Yeshiva University (cum laude), where he received rabbinical ordination. 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Too often, we learn these Biblical stories as children and never revisit them—or their ethical implications—as adults. The Ethics of Numbers, the fourth in the Ethics series, provides further elucidation of these narratives and concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Dr. Abba Engelberg presents traditional answers, explained in depth, as well as original interpretations, to difficult quandaries, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the Jewish view of asceticism, worldly pleasure, and self-deprivation for religious purposes?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the role of the Korban Pesach and Pesach Sheni in fostering Jewish faith?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDid Miriam deserve to be punished with tzara’at for defending the honor of Zipporah?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWas the punishment of the spies too severe?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat exactly was wrong with Korach’s plea?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes Judaism countenance the act of Pinchas and can religion tolerate vigilante justice?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat lesson can we learn from Zelophehad’s daughters courage in speaking up?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbba Engelberg graduated from Telshe Yeshiva (valedictorian) and Yeshiva University (cum laude), where he received rabbinical ordination. He received a Ph. D. from NYU in operations research, and has served as professor at Jerusalem College of Technology for 45 years, where he founded and headed the women’s division. He served as a reserve chaplain in the United States Air Force where he achieved the rank of colonel. 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