The Going

In a work that casts philosophical and theological reflections against a backdrop of personal experience, Leon Wiener Dow offers a learned discourse that elucidates the telos of Jewish law and the philosophical-theological commitments that animate it. To the reader gazing upon the
halakha
from the outside, this book offers a glimpse of its central, orienting concepts. To the reader who lives amidst the rigor of
halakha
, this book

bestows an insightful glance at the law s orienting ethos and higher aspirations that often remain opaque.

1. Beginnings. - 2. Saying, Writing, Doing. - 3. Shared Spacetime: Community. - 4. The Ineffable. - Epilogue. Parting ways.