The Aggadic Mindset: How Talmudic Tales Shape the Jewish Outlook

The deceptively simple nature of the Aggada leads many to mistakenly view it as an entertaining diversion from the Halachic portions of the Talmud. Quite the contrary is true. The stories of the Talmud are Chazal’s exquisite manner of expressing profound lessons of Hashkafa, Torah outlook. InThe Aggadic Mindset, Rabbi Chaim and Binyamin Jachter extract meaning from more than sixty Talmudic tales and show their contemporary relevance. Their analysis develops a rich appreciation for the Aggada and a life-enhancing Aggadic mindset and worldview.