jewish spiritual literacy
Jewish Spiritual Literacy
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds


  • Home  |  
  • About JSL   |  
  • Programs and Projects  |  
  • Get Stuff  |  
  • Feeling Challenged?
Amazement Pedagogy Vision & Mission History Impact People Donate Privacy Policy Contact
J-IDEA (Teachers & Parents) Classes and Community School of Arts Publications J-Wristbands Best Kids' Books Ma Rabu / Amazing Nature Jewish Teachers Institute Torah Health and Fitness
Recommended Apps Recommended Books MP3 Podcast and CDs Free Audio Discount Shopping Cart
Marriages / Relationships Personal / Spiritual Growth Parenting Food / Diet / Weight-loss Mastering Torah
frame

Body & Soul: Torah Health and Fitness

To what extent is a healthy body a Torah issue?
How is living a healthy lifestyle good for you? Why is it so hard to achieve?
What wisdom does the Torah offer for creating healthier habits?

“Ninety-nine percent of illness is due to people neglecting their health.”
— Midrash Raba

There is a growing awareness that the Jewish community has not paid enough attention to this mitzvah. We have the same health stats as the general public. We have tragic levels of preventable conditions such as diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. Our mission as the Jewish People is greatly handicapped because we are not meeting this challenge. Yet we have tremendous Torah wisdom and medical knowledge on how to improve this situation! We have 3,000 years of wisdom on this subject, but until now it has been scattered across many books, most of which have never been translated.

In partnership with doctors and dietitians, the program includes current medical information (with references to medical literature) on what is known about nutrition, exercise, weight loss and longevity.

We hope that this combination of Torah wisdom and medical knowledge will increase awareness of how vital and easy it is to eat and exercise (etc.) healthfully and to increase the holiness with which we treat our bodies, and thereby keep people out of the hospital, nursing homes, and wheelchairs for preventable reasons.

In order to deliver this knowledge and wisdom to the Jewish People, the project consists of the following components:

1. The book – Body and Soul: A Torah Guide to Health, Fitness & Longevity,
2. A youth edition – workbook-style, to be used in the classroom
3. A children’s edition – written by bestselling children’s author Bracha Goetz
4. Short (3-5-min) how-to videos on nutrition and exercise, to be delivered via various channels, including a website, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.
5. Israeli versions of the above.

Dedications will enable us to create these components and we would therefore like to invite you to place a dedication in the book. (Contributions may be made by mail, Paypal, Venmo, Zelle, bank transfer or stock donation.) All contributions are tax-deductible. Thank you!

L’Chaimedly yours,

Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld PhD   Dan Grove MD

Physical fitness is an obligation that ought to be observed like all other mitzvos.
Rav Yaakov Weinberg ztzl

~ Click here to download the Dedications Form ~

Click here for the prototype Torah Health & Fitness videos.

Tweet this page!…Share on Facebook…Email it….

  • Countdown

  • Tweet this!...
    ...Share on Facebook...
    ... Email it ....
  • Quick Links

    Passover gifts on Amazon

    J•IDEA Teachers (sign in or sign up)

    Table Talk: The Art of Amazement Blog

    Best Jewish Kids Books

    Best Jewish Apps

    Kosher Wine Online

    Donate

  • Table Talk Sign-Up




  • Teachers’ List




  • Men’s List




  • Login Status

    Forgot? 

free counters