Reviews for The Fire Within: The Living Heritage of the Musar Movement

The average rating for The Fire Within: The Living Heritage of the Musar Movement based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-22 00:00:00 Timothy Sullivan This book, which is now over 30 years old, holds up as one of the most valuable resources for dvrei Torah I have ever owned. Rabbi Twerski pulls a handful of pasukim from each weekly Torah portion and offers deep spiritual and psychological insights into their meaning. His background as a Rabbi and psychiatrist with addiction treatment experience gives him unique perspectives on complex human issues raised by each parshah. I highly recommend. If you're expected to discuss Torah at the Shabbos table, this book can be your secret weapon! You'll look like a genius every time! Shh... don't tell anyone.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-08 00:00:00 Tim Gordon From the book jacket: "He's inconsiderate. She's discourteous. They're negligent. You are absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it certain that your friend/spouse/boss/neighbor/fellow-Jew has done something he shouldn't have. And you're wrong. ... The plumber was a thief, the teacher was incompetent, the babysitter irresponsible. The judgment was clear. Until we heard The Other Side of the Story." Our Rabbi has given quite a few talks on looking at people with "a good eye". That is what this book is about; to slow down, think about the possibilities for another person's actions or perceived actions, to consider all the information and not jump to conclusions. We are told a lot of true stories that show us how situations can be misread and misunderstood, and how looking at people with a good eye can avoid damaging relationships and can repair rifts between people. I particularly liked this partial quotation taken from the walls of Kevar Rachel, "Through Your mercy, may I always merit to judge others favorably; may you bestow upon me the intelligence to understand how to search for and find redeeming factors, strengths and virtues in my fellow man at all times."