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Introduction

Orchard Of delights accessible to the entire Jewish people, these decisions were fraught

Editor: Rabbi Meshulam Gotlieb with difficulty. Contemporary readers more familiar with Jewish
texts are comfortable with certain stylistic conventions, while those
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less familiar are more comfortable with very different ones. Therefore
Cover Artist: Yitzchak Ben Yehuda the editor and I attempted to create a hybrid style that on the whole
Back cover photograph: David Komer followed the universal stylistic conventions (as represented by the
Chicago Manual of Style) but also ensured that as many readers as
possible would be comfortable with the style by bowing to certain
Copyright © 2011 by Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman more particularistic conventions. Thus, we agonized over whether
to anglicize the names of biblical figures and Hebrew texts, when
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to italicize Hebrew words and how to transliterate them, how to
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or translate God’s names, how often to explain Hebrew terms in the
transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, text, and so forth. As with any compromise solution, doubtless some
including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and readers will not be entirely satisfied; however, we ask our readers’
retrieval system, without written permission, except in the case of forbearance in light of the underlying greater good – the opportunity
brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. to share these ideas with as many readers as possible. Ultimately the
writing style is subservient to the book’s basic goal of sharing the
concepts and lessons to be gleaned from the Torah with as broad an
Published by audience as possible. For this reason a glossary of terms and an index
Ohr Chadash has also been provided to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the
book and the concepts therein.
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It is my most fervent prayer that this book opens the gates of
E-mail: rabbi@thetrugmans.com knowledge for its readers no matter what their backgrounds or
Tel: 972-8-926-5247 Fax: 972-8-926-5448 previous familiarity with the Torah. There is no end to the depths of
the Torah, no limit to the spiritual delights awaiting those who feast
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on the tantalizing fruits growing in her orchard. From the practical
to the mystical, the ancient to the contemporary, her secrets are
many. May those who read this book be inspired to continue learning
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Torah.
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