Com­prised of over fifty brief essays on a vari­ety of top­ics (e.g., ​“Man, God, and the Torah,” ​“Edu­ca­tion and Lead­er­ship,” ​“Jew­ish Fam­i­ly and Soci­ety,” ​“Hol­i­days and Cus­toms,” ​“The Pow­er of Prayer”) this vol­ume con­tains a wealth of deep, tran­scen­dent ideas that thought­ful Jews should con­sid­er. Lopes Cardozo’s knowl­edge is vast, and in a sin­gle essay we may encounter Berlin and Spin­oza, Rab­bi Meir Sim­cha of Dvin­sk and the Psalms, but his style remains so acces­si­ble that it is a joy to read, and then to reflect upon. 

One can only hope that Rab­bi Lopes Car­do­zo will con­tin­ue to write his week­ly e‑mail reflec­tions upon which this book is based and that future col­lec­tions will soon be available.