{"product_id":"finding-tradition-in-the-modern-torah-world","title":"Finding Tradition in the Modern Torah World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the 17th and 18th Centuries, there was an explosion of innovation in Jewish practice that followed the introduction and popularization of the Tzfas schools of kabbala. I might be wrong, but I can't help thinking that a Jew from the year 1650, miraculously transported to a thriving Torah community in 2023, would wonder whether he was still among Jews. Everything would look, sound, and feel so different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's all fine. But what I would like to see is a world where it's also normal and acceptable for a Jew to choose to live according to the traditional principles of pre-Tzfas Judaism. There should be room in such a world for other - newer - traditions. But loyalty to the innovations of Tzfas should never be a test for loyalty to God's Torah. I'm looking for a way to agreeably acknowledge my neighbors' strange innovations while passionately embracing the traditional approach of Rabbi Hirsch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44216141971617,"sku":"bcramer2150","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1mmk79ey-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1713649491","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-tradition-in-the-modern-torah-world","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}