On-Line Reading: Holiness & Nature: On the Roots of Life by Oury Cherki

The book Holiness and Nature was originally published in Hebrew under the title Kedusha Vi’teva [קדושה וטבע] in 2013.

This book is a collection of essays covering a wide range of fascinating topics, written for scholars and laymen alike. Topics include:

• The Purpose of Life
• The Evil Inclination
• Free Will
• The Religious Experience
• The War of Ideas
• Torah and Science
• The Divine Origin of the Torah
• Bible Criticism
• How to study the Hebrew Bible
• Philosophy and Prophecy
• Truth and Beauty
• Music
• Towards a Theater of Revelation
• Technology
• Environmentalism
• Vegetarianism
• The Journey

Secularism and Knowing God

Holiness and Nature

The Pains of the Redemption

The Audacity of Repentance