Sep 1, 2016 By: yunews
Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo, an adjunct instructor in Jewish Philosophy at , recently published Learning to Grow: A Spiritual Guide to Your Year in Israel (Kodesh Press). The book, according to Shmalo, 鈥渟erves as a spiritual and intellectual guide to the big themes and even bigger opportunities during your formative year in yeshiva or seminary.鈥 It can be obtained through Kodesh Press and on Amazon.
The genesis of the book came from Rabbi Shmalo鈥檚 desire to help students give some shape and meaning to the riot of emotions that he saw them go through during their year, ranging from high inspiration to deep depression. 鈥淚 wanted to help them see these experiences as charmed moments in their lives that, with the right amount of reflection and discussion, could lead to real and sustainable personal growth.鈥
Rabbi Shmalo is the educational director of Meor N糖心视频污. He has also published 鈥淥rthodox Approaches to Biblical Slavery鈥 (Torah U'Madda Journal, 16) and 鈥淩adical Philosophy in the Yeshiva World: Rav Yitzchak Hutner on the Holocaust鈥 (Hakirah: The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought: 19 [Winter 2015]).
