• Publisher's Foreword
  1. One Torah
  2. Taste And See
  3. Areas Of Focus
  4. Combined Efforts
  5. Spreading The Wellsprings

• Distinctive Stances In The Talmud ("Love And Truth Converge")
  1. An Analysis Of The Different Characteristics Of The Schools Of Hillel And Shammai
  2. Out Of The One, Many
  3. Introspection And Outreach
  4. "The Rest Is Commentary"
  5. "To Draw Close With The Right Hand And Rebuff With The Left"
  6. Towards A More Comprehensive Understanding
  7. Appreciating A Bride's Beauty
  8. Looking At The Cover, Or At What's Inside It
  9. The Potential For Light
  10. The Time Of The Redemption
  11. The Conclusion Of The Talmud
  12. Heaven Or Earth
  13. To Be, Or Not To Be
  14. Perceiving Truth Which Transcends Intellect
  15. Determining Halachah
  16. Looking Toward The Horizon

• Distinctive Stances In The Talmud (Immanence And Transcendence)
  1. An Analysis Of The Differences In Approach Between Rabbi Yishmael And Rabbi Akiva
  2. Blessings For Sacrificial Offerings
  3. Every Mitzvah Has Integral Importance
  4. Where The Mitzvos Originated
  5. What The People Said At Sinai
  6. What They Saw At Sinai
  7. How The Torah Chooses To Speak
  8. Required Or Left To Man's Choice
  9. The Source For The Pattern
  10. The Era Of The Redemption:A Synthesis Of Both Approaches

• Distinctive Stances In The Talmud (What Makes The Scales Of Judgment Tip?)
  1. An Analysis Of The Contrast Between The Positions Of Rabban Gamliel And The Sages
  2. The Definition Of Communal Prayer
  3. Quality Or Quantity
  4. Out Of The Many, One
  5. Is An Oath Required?
  6. What Motivates Generosity?
  7. Making Distinctions
  8. The Spiritual And The Material
  9. The Difference Between Deeds Of Kindness And Torah Study And Prayer
  10. The Source Of Motivation

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Rosh HaShanah: Why The Shofros Verses Are Recited)
  1. Our Obligations On Rosh Hashanah
  2. Defining The Active Agent
  3. The Purpose Of The Rosh Hashanah Blessings
  4. The Power Of The Torah's Verses

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Yom Kippur: Inspiring Atonement)
  1. Understanding A Passage From The Rambam
  2. A Man And His Deeds
  3. Different Forms Of Teshuvah
  4. The Difference Between The Goat Sent To Azazel And Yom Kippur

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Sukkos: Fulfilling A Mitzvah With A Borrowed Article)
  1. Yours Or Mine?
  2. A Borrowed Sukkah, But Not A Borrowed Lulav
  3. To What Degree Is It Mine?
  4. Understanding Another Person's Intent
  5. Two Approaches To Unity

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Chanukah: Lights In Transition)
  1. An Analysis Of The Rationales For Increasing The Number Of Candles Lit On Chanukah
  2. What Motivates The Mehadrin Min Hamehadrin?
  3. In Practice, As Well As In Theory
  4. An Abstract Distinction
  5. In The Personal Sphere

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (The Communal Fasts: An End To Fasting)
  1. Celebration Rather Than Fasting
  2. Sharing Happiness
  3. From Tears To Joy
  4. Fasting As A Catalyst
  5. Making The Bitter Sweet

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Purim: Should Mordechai Have Sacrificed His Torah Study?)
  1. Favored By Most, But Not By All
  2. "Blessed" Or Merely "Protected"
  3. Light And Darkness
  4. The Effects Of "Spiritual Geography"
  5. Giving Up Greatness For Others
  6. A Judge's Duty
  7. In The Present As Well As In The Past

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Pesach: A Fifth Cup Of Wine At The Seder)
  1. Four Or Five?
  2. Defining The Rambam's Conception
  3. Pouring, But Not Drinking The Fifth Cup
  4. Rabbi Tarfon's Rationale
  5. Eliyahu's Cup
  6. The Soul Of The Mitzvah

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Sefiras HaOmer: Seven Perfect Weeks)
  1. Is A Breach Irreparable?
  2. A New Conception Of The Mitzvah
  3. Changes In Status
  4. Differences Between The Counting Of A Minor And The Counting Of A Servant
  5. Differences Between Rabbinic And Scriptural Commandments
  6. The Command Itself Endows Importance
  7. Reaching The Ultimate Status

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (Shavuos: When Shavuos Is To Be Celebrated)
  1. A Unique Holiday
  2. When Past And Present Meet
  3. The Beat Of A Different Drum
  4. Celebrating Shavuos On A Different Day Than Everyone Else
  5. The Second Day Is Also Different
  6. The Spiritual Dimension Of The Sequence

• Our Holidays In Torah Law (The 17th of Tammuz: The Fast Of The Fourth Month)
  1. Why We Fast On The Seventeenth Of Tammuz
  2. The Ninth Or The Seventeenth?

• Unlocking The Aggadah (Of Eternal Life)
  1. I.
  2. II.
  3. III.
  4. IV.
  5. V.
  6. VI.

• Unlocking The Aggadah (A Perplexing Purim Feast)
  1. Understanding Our Sages' Conduct
  2. Not Merely Allegory
  3. "When Wine Enters, The Secrets Come Out"
  4. The Dangers Of Over-Exposure
  5. Forced To Decline An Invitation
  6. Knowing - And Not Knowing

• Unlocking The Aggadah (Is True Humility Possible?)
  1. A Downward Spiral
  2. Points To Ponder
  3. Self-Assured Humility
  4. A Humble Man's Self-Image
  5. Does Study Lead To Inner Change?
  6. Why Rav Nachman Feared Sin
  7. Can Externals Become Internals?
  8. An Ultimate Sense Of Humility

• Unlocking The Aggadah (To Whom Should The Torah Be Given?)
  1. A Neighborly Claim
  2. Rabbinic Refutation
  3. And Their Refutation
  4. There Is Only One Torah
  5. Not For Profit
  6. Building A Home For G-d

• Issues In Halachah (What Is Dearest To G-d?)
  1. Why The Shabbos Laws Become Suspended
  2. Contrasts Between The Two Approaches
  3. The Rambam's Redundancy
  4. A Different Form Of Observance

• Issues In Halachah (To Be Consumed By The Altar's Fire)
  1. When Can Our Sages Enforce Restrictions?
  2. Two Dimensions Of The Consumption Of A Sacrifice
  3. Dedicating Our Pleasure To G-d

• Issues In Halachah (The Responsibility For Chinuch)
  1. Who Is Responsible For A Child's Observance?
  2. What Is The Rambam's View?
  3. Can A Child Be Given Responsibility?
  4. Virtue By Association
  5. Sharing An Obligation

• Issues In Halachah (Should We Restrict The Amount We Give?)
  1. An Apparent Contradiction
  2. Two Different Types Of Giving
  3. Redeeming One's Soul

• Issues In Halachah (Accepting Responsibility For Another Person)
  1. The Perspective Of The Babylonian Talmud
  2. The Perspective Of The Jerusalem Talmud
  3. The Motivating Principles
  4. Appreciating The Differences In Approach
  5. Why The Two Talmuds Differ?
  6. What Motivates These Different Approaches?

• Issues In Halachah (Spreading Torah Knowledge)
  1. Neighborly Conduct
  2. Speaking Within Context

• Issues In Halachah (How We Can Fulfill The Final Mitzvah Of The Torah)
  1. An Obvious Difficulty
  2. An Alternate Perspective
  3. To Write Or To Acquire?
  4. How To Define The Mitzvah
  5. Justification For Rabbeinu Asher's Position
  6. An Unresolved Question
  7. The Power Of The Community
  8. "The Heart Of The Jewish Court Establishes The Stipulations For Them"
  9. Looking To The Horizon

• Glossary And Biographical Index