{"product_id":"the-house-at-the-center-of-the-world-poetic-midrash-on-sacred-space-9781934730522","title":"The House at the Center of the World: Poetic Midrash on Sacred Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"According to the mystics, the Torah was engraved with black fire on white fire. These poetic midrash too.\" - Jay Michaelson, author of The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his piercing debut collection, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House at the Center of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, poet and scholar Abe Mezrich offers a series of beautifully composed short insights on some of the most elusive passages of the Torah: the second half of Exodus, the entirety of Leviticus, and the beginning of Numbers. At once powerful close readings of the text and deeply spiritual literature, these roughly seventy short pieces \"carry ethical implications all the way from the ancient era right to the present day\" (Dan Friedman, Managing Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/em\u003e). \"Direct and accessible,\" these poems \"remind us that our Creator is forgiving, that the spiritual and physical can inform one another, and that the supernatural can be carried into the everyday.\" (Yehoshua November, author of \u003cem\u003eGod's Optimism\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abe Mezrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Yehuda Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Poetry Project #2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934730522","brand":"Ben Yehuda Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486877442185,"sku":"9781934730522","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_847c64ec-3a21-4366-b984-ed09b29b1fbc.jpg?v=1775544123","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-house-at-the-center-of-the-world-poetic-midrash-on-sacred-space-9781934730522","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}