Skip to content
To take full advantage of this site, please enable your browser's JavaScript feature.
Learn how
My Cart
www.alljudaica.com
Menu
Search store
Submit search
Home
New Releases
Contact Us
My Account
Browse
Gift & Ritual
Apple & Honey Dishes
Candles & Accessories
Candlesticks
Chanukah
Clothing & Israeli Gear
Dreidels
Etrog & Lulav Boxes
Frames & Albums
Groggers
Havdalah Items
High Holidays
Jewelry & Boxes
Key Chains
Kiddush Cups
Kiddush Sets
Kosher Kitchen
Matzah & Afikomen
Megillot & Holders
Memorial Lamps
Menorahs
Mezuzah & Parchments
Miscellaneous & Novelty
New Gifts
Party Supplies
Passover
Purim
Seder & Matzah Plates
Shabbat / Sabbath
Shofars & Stands
Special Occasions
Sukkahs & Mats
Sukkot / Succos
Tallit & Accessories
Tefillin
Torah Pointers & Yads
Tzedakah Boxes
Tzitzit & Strings
Wall Hangings
Wash Cups & Towels
Artists Collections
Anat Mayer
Annie Glass
Itzhak Luvaton
Avia Agayof
David Gerstein
Gary Rosenthal
Michael Aram
Tamara Baskin
Yair Emanuel
Tallit & Accessories
By Artist
Contemporary
Traditional
Women's
Synagogue
Wedding
Ataras
Clips
Strings
Tallit Bags
Kippot
Custom Imprinted Bulk Kippot
Bulk Kippot
Individual Kippot
Sale Kippot
Holiday Shop
High Holidays
Sukkot
Chanukah
Purim
Passover
Ketubah Gallery
Gad Almaliah
Simcha Back
Yosef Bar Shalom
Vita Barth
Elliot Bassman
Moshe Braun
Mickie Caspi
Laya Crust
Amy Fagin
Joanne Fink
Howard Fox
Bernice Greenberg
Albert Hakakian
Ardyn Halter
Deborah Kaplan
Nishima Kaplan
Miriam Karp
Sivia Katz
Orly Laufer
Patte Leve
Tamar Messer
Cindy Michael
Amalya Nini
Izzy Pludwinski
Ruth Rudin
Nava Shoham
Leah Sosewitz
Naomi Teplow
Betsy Teutsch
Yonah Weinrib
Books
New Release Books
Arts & Photography
Audio Books
Basic Judaism
Benchers
Bible & Prophets
Biographies & Memoirs
Calendars & Cards
Contemporary Issues
Cooking
Gift Books
Haggadahs
Hassidism / Chasidus
Health & Medicine
Hebrew / Foreign Language
History
Holiday Books
Humor
Jewish Law / Halacha
Jewish Thought & Theology
Kabbalah & Mysticism
Life Cycle & Family
Literature & Fiction
Prayer
Primary Texts / Seforim
References & Resources
Sale Items
Science & Judaism
Shabbos & Shabbat
Spiritual Health & Insight
Talmud & Mishnah
Travel
Women
Kids Books
Bedtime Stories
Bible/Torah
Biographies
Board Books
Books in Hebrew
Books with Audio
Cookbooks for Kids
Craft & Activity Books
Graphic Novels & Comics
History/Immigration
Holiday Books
Holocaust
Israel
Learning Hebrew
Prayer
Pre-School/Picture Books
Shabbat
Story Collections
Values Books/Middos
Young Adult
Young Readers
Toys & Games
Arts & Crafts
Board Games
Card Games
Dolls
Electronic Games
Hebrew
Holiday Toys & Games
Novelty & Misc
Puppets
Puzzles
Shabbat
Stuffed & Soft Toys
Very Young Children
Sale Items
Synagogue Shop
Breast Plates
Bulk Chapel Caps
Bulk Kippot
Candles
Megillat Esther Scrolls
Other
Paroches/Ark Curtain
Table /Amud /Bein Gavra Covers
Torah Mantel/Mantle
Tallit/Tallitot, Etc.
Torah Binders
Torah Ornaments
Torah Scrolls & Rollers
Made In Israel
Quick Links
Gift Certificates
Gift Registry
Jewish Calendar
Holiday Hours
Home
>
Books
>
Health & Medicine
>
Starving to Live
List Price: $19.14
Our Price:
$
15.95
You save $3.19!
Product Code:
2566
Qty:
Description
Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser
Publisher: Judaica Press
"There is the pressure. You feel--am I worth something only if I'm thin?"
"Once you're already in the disorder, then you don't know what's going on, and you don't know who you are."
"You're trapped... You're very trapped..."
"They don't seem to comprehend how big the fear of gaining weight is."
These are the voices of those in the midst of the agony of eating disorders. In this new book, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser vividly documents the painful struggle of those confronting eating disorders. He provides readers with an inside look at this disease from the unique perspective of a rabbi called upon to counsel those in the throes of eating disorders.
Starving To Live features:
* An anorexic girl's diary of growing up, becoming a teenager, going away to camp and then learning in a Jerusalem seminary-all the while recounting in excruciating detail her continual struggle-and the struggle of the girls around her-with anorexia. Her diary closes with a hopeful note about recovery.
* Side by side with this eye-opening diary are insightful comments brought down by Rabbi Goldwasser from the Torah, from Chazal and from Gedolim throughout the centuries.
* Tips on how parents can help prevent eating disorders in their own children.
Specific symptoms of anorexia and bulimia and how to act around someone experiencing an eating disorder.
* A discussion of the causes of eating disorders, including the pressure to succeed, the pressure to be thin in order to find a good shidduch, and the overemphasis, in many homes, on food.
* Rabbi Goldwasser movingly recounts the shame that hinders all too many people from reaching out and getting the help they so desperately need. Too many people he has encountered have no place to turn and remain tormented with this disease.
* A fascinating essay on weight loss in halacha based on responsa by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
* Advice on healthy eating from Maimonides.
* A heartrending list of questions that Rabbi Goldwasser has been asked by people with eating disorders who went to him for counseling. Some of the more terrifying questions include: If one purges after a meal, is one still obligated to recite Birchas Hamazon (Grace after Meals)? Or, if one is receiving nutrition intravenously because of anorexia, is a bracha (blessing) still necessary?
* Inspirational Chassidic stories.
However, even though Starving to Live documents a terrifying disease, this book also contains much hope and faith, as it shows that many people recover from this disease and go on to lead full, happy lives.
Related Products...
Religious Compulsions and Fears
Nishmat Avraham: Medical Halachah for Doctors, Nurses, Health-Care Personnel and Patients
Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics: A Compilation of Jewish Medical Law on All Topics of Medical Interest
Dangerous Disease and Dangerous Therapy in Jewish Medical Ethics
Our Price:
$29.99
Add
Add
Our Price:
$165.00
Add
Our Price:
$35.99
Add
The Healthy Jew: The Symbiosis of Judaism and Modern Medicine
Medical Halacha On The Parsha
Judaism and Health: A Handbook of Practical, Professional and Scholarly Resources
Midrash and Medicine
Our Price:
$24.00
Add
Our Price:
$24.99
Add
Our Price:
$40.00
Add
Our Price:
$21.99
Add
Share your knowledge of this product with other customers...
Be the first to write a review