Middos, Manners & Morals with a Twist of Humor

By Joe Bobker

Book Overview

Read and enjoy Joe Bobker's uniquely entertaining Middos Manual, a fifty-two-week guide with dozens of anecdotes from gedolim and tzadikim that explains how Middos + Morals = Menschlichkeit 101... all with a twist of humor

The Gerer Rebbe on time management... Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik on smacking a child... the Chofetz Chaim on keeping your word... the Steipler Rav on emunas chachamim... Rabbi Chaim Berlin on hespedim... Rav Yisroel Salanter on controversy... Rav Aryeh Levin on compassion... the Satmar Rav on menachem aveil... the Klausenberger Rebbe on ma'aser money... Rav Chaim Volozhiner on anger... Rav Levi Yitzchak on loving your neighbor... Rav Aryeh Leib HaKohen on chumras... Rav Aaron Kotler on sharing... Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel on coveting... Rav Shach on giving bad advice... Rav Tzvi Pesach on self-subordination... Rabbi Sholom Shwadron on stealing... Rav Elchonon Wasserman on waking a sleeping person... the Baba Sali on the power of Torah learning... the Vizhnitzer Rebbe on sensitivity... Rav Isser Zalman on shadchanus... Rabbi Simcha Zissel Broide on personal prayer... the Chazon Ish on permissible loshen hora... Rav Shlomo Wolbe on children's misconduct... the Sassover Rebbe on insults... Rav Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz on bribes... Rav Shlomo Wolbe on bias... Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky on hakoras hatov... Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld on the beauty of Eretz Yisroel... the Sanzer Rebbe on tzedaka... Rav Nochum of Chernobyl on humility... the Ba'al Haturim on community fundraisers... Rav Yerucham Levovitz on Torah teachers... the Maharal of Prague on kindness... the Ba'al Shem Tov on how to pick a new rabbi... the Vizhnitzer Rebbe on emes... the Ben Ish Chai on stretching the truth... the Alter of Slabodka on meshulachim... Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on gemilus chasadim... Rav Yechezkel Abramsky on Jews hitting Jews... Rav Dessler on misquoting... and many, many more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9652294489
• ISBN13: 9789652294487
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, Ltd.
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

I highly recommend this book to others.

The first chapter of this book caught my attention...Do No Harm! It just happens that I am studying a small book called Three Simple Rules. The first rule is to do no harm. While the focus of Middos, Manners & Morals with a Twist of Humor is Jewish the message fits everyone regardless of faith. Joe Bobker shares Yiddish words. He explains their origins and meanings. One chapter discusses choosing friends carefully. "There are three kinds of friends...One like food which one cannot do without; one like medicine which you may need now and then; and one like pestilence which no one needs at all!" The chapters are small and most read like an expanded proverb. There are many quotes. There are also a lot of jokes. The jokes are a little corny yet I laughed. The pirate joke had my grandson giggling. Middos, Manners & Morals with a Twist of Humor is actually common sense. Being concerned for others, honesty, respect, and forgiveness are just a few of the topics covered. Joe Bobker takes a unique approach at teaching the world what should be natural. I like this book. I like the approach the author took. I highly recommend this book to others.