1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire, and Change Your Life Contributor(s): Cohen, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580053653 ISBN-13: 9781580053655 Publisher: Seal Press (CA) OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Religion | Christian Living - Inspirational |
Dewey: 296.367 |
LCCN: 2010053368 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 7.4" (0.55 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: When her father passed away in 2006, Linda Cohen s busy life as a mother, wife, and entrepreneur came to a screeching halt. She took a spiritual sabbatical to work through her grief, and she came out of it resolved to embark upon a project: perform one thousand acts of kindness"mitzvahs"to honor her father s memory. 1,000 Mitzvahs shares Cohen's two-and-a-half-year journey from sorrow to inspiration through simple daily acts of kindness. She presents each mitzvah as a short vignette, and the myriad forms they take--from helping the elderly to donating to good causes to baking and collecting food for others--highlight the many ways in which one person can touch the lives of others. As she pursues her quest, Cohen finds that her life is improved by these small acts--that every time she goes out of her way to do something good for someone else, she enhances her own well-being. More than a touching story of a daughter's love for her father, 1,000 Mitzvahs is a testament to the transformational power of kindness, and a call to arms for those who would like to follow in Cohen's footsteps with their own mitzvahs--no matter how large or how small. |