Here is an insightful, frank, and sensible manual that looks at dating, love, and marriage from judaisms torah. First edition published 1997 by targum press 22700 w. Gila manolson is the author of the bestselling the magic touch, outsideinside, head to heart, and choosing to love. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. If you have questions of ideas you would like to share with gila manolson, please leave them in the comments section and i will make sure they get to her. Jan 27, 20 gila manolson is the author of the bestselling outsideinside. But add the powerful bond created by physical closeness, and immeasurably more is at stake. Building a deep relationship with the right personand with yourself. The culmination of the unit was an assignment based on gila manolsons famous and infamous book, the magic touch. I didnt reply because, aside from the fact that i believe.
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Manolson commonly throughout the book uses almost entirely anecdotal support for her arguments, which consist of her describing scenarios where someone disagrees with her and she. Jewish books outsideinside a fresh look at tzniut modesty. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the magic touch. A year ago, someone forwarded to me the february 19, 20 article by tali adler about my book the magic touch, entitled the magic touch. The magic touch pb by gila manolson, paperback barnes. The magic touch by manolson, gila 1992 paperback on. In todays world, love is a verb, muchdiscussed but not often achieved. No matter which way you answer the question, this book will be eyeopening for you. Each time a relationship breaks up, you pay a price. Our scholar in residence on this trip is gila manolson, celebrated author and international speaker. Banning books, i decided, might sometimes be a good thing. Gila manolson discusses the deeper meaning of tzniut, which is loosely translated as modesty. I hope this sets the record straight on my beliefs, and i hope that those who change their lives after reading the magic touch will do so with joy and optimism for the future.
The jewish association of the philippines in makati promotes jewish beliefs and traditions by providing a library, social hall, kosher kitchens and classrooms for the jewish community in the country. The magic touch a jewish approach to relationships by gila manolson theres more to touching than most of us realize. The book takes great pains to demonstrate the sin and shame of touching the opposite sex, and how even innocent contact is harmful to the development of young people and leads to a slippery slope of degeneracy. She now has a new website which you can check out at, and her books, outside inside, head to heart, the magic touch, and choosing to love are all available through her site. Mar 28, 2014 gila manolson discusses how to make an intelligent, and well informed decision about who you want to spend the rest of your life with. Gila manolson discusses how to make an intelligent, and well informed decision about who you want to spend the rest of your life with. In this video she presents a compelling perspective on why it makes sense to cover up more, and the. Gila is a popular international speaker on relationships and selfimage. Building a deep relationship with another personand with yourself, a broader and deeper exposition of love, touch, and tzniut. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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In a refreshing, straightforward style, the author of the magic touch addresses the subject of tzniut, modesty, providing insight and inspiration for all. Gila manolson writes with humor, but without underestimating the importance of the subject. Head to heart gila manolson the magic touch gila manolson menucha principle in shidduchim shaya ostrov why marry jewish. All too often, we prepare more for a tough test than we do for our m. Her books have been translated into hebrew, french, spanish, portuguese, russian, and italian. Twelve years later, my own daughter is approaching adolescence and beginning to question all of these rules, and i thought that a joint reading of outside inside was the perfect way to start a discussion of the meaning of tzniut, so i ordered the new 2005 edition of the book. Enter gila manolson, highly acclaimed author of such frank, downtoearth bestsellers as the magic touch, outsideinside, and head to heart, and the subject of love becomes not onl. Elyashiv, yair, temima, emuna, ayelet, and yisrael, for goodnaturedly. In this frank, eyeopening book, an experienced teacher from the discovery seminar offers the thoughtprovoking jewish perspective on this subject. A jewish approach to relationships gila manolson, publisher. Head to heart by gila manolson relationships, all ages, all degrees of connection. Even with touch out of the picture, youve got a lot to lose. Book 1 the rabbit river saga a paranormal wolf shifter romance with sizzling heat, swoonworthy heroes and just a touch of magic.
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