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See below, Michael Alan Ross' thankful Words of Good Fortune
Lashon Hatzlacha!
considering the 2nd Commandment, Only One God!




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Ways to Self-Struggle with Classic Morals

In Song, Poetry, and Prose

Covers 10 Commandments Plus One Other!

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Boston Walks Publishers presents


The thankful Words of Good Fortune


Lashon Hatzlacha!


from the new


The Ten Commandments Guidebook


Spiritual and practical ways to self-struggle
with our Ten Commandments














Copyright © Michael Alan Ross, 2007.
All Rights Reserved.


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Can a post-denominational, American Jew elucidate both spiritual and practical
ways to self-struggle with our Ten Commandments?

In this book, Mr. Ross uses his creative poetry, prose, and lyrics to construct modern midrashim and piyyutim, prosaic and poetic commentaries, to meet such a challenge. Rabbi Ellen Pildis, a post-denominational rabbi, offers praise of his text on the book's back cover.


New Guidebook Re-Visits The Ten Commandments

Can a modern, post-denominational, committed, American Jew find meaningful ways to struggle with our Ten Commandments?
Michael Alan Ross, author of the newly published, The Ten Commandments Guidebook, offers many such ways. Mr. Ross, author of BostonWalks' The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook - 6 Self-guided Jewish History Walk Tours of Downtown Boston, now has written The Ten Commandments Guidebook as a spiritual invitation to the Ten Commandments.

In The Ten Commandments Guidebook, Mr. Ross offers a personal and creative perspective of the Ten Commandments by means of his original poetry, prose, and song lyrics. His writings are drawn from a lifetime of Jewish American experiences. As an example, his thankful Words of Good Fortune Lashon Hatzlacha!, considers the 2nd Commandment in the following words:







Lashon Hatzlacha!

© Michael Alan Ross 2007. All rights reserved.



Please God, permit us to say thanks for the many contributions of Jews and Israel to our world.

May Jews and Israel find peace and security from those that would harm them.

So much of Jewish spirit and creativity pervades our lives, from the mundane to the eternal.

Some of the gifts of the Jews and of Israel which are part of our lives include:

  • shalom
  • Jaffa oranges
  • Sabra liquor
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Noa the singer
  • Noah of the ark
  • The Bible, Old Testament, Tanach
  • falafel
  • bagels
  • cream cheese
  • lox
  • bialys
  • pomegranates
  • Elie Wiesel
  • Albert Einstein
  • Hebrew language
  • the Ten Commandments
  • Mount Sinai and revelation
  • Kings Solomon and David,
  • Jesus Christ
  • freedom from slavery and the exodus
  • Billy Crystal
  • VIACOM
  • Manischewitz
  • hava nagila,
  • Sabbath or Shabbat or day of rest
  • rabbi
  • cantor
  • synagogue or shul
  • bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah
  • the psalms
  • Irving Berlin and God Bless America
  • Ira Gershwin
  • Barbara Streisand
  • Brandeis
  • Cardozo
  • Frankfurter
  • Fortas
  • Netanyahu
  • Ted Koppel
  • Matisyahu
  • Technion
  • a land of milk and honey
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Holocaust or Shoah
  • Steven Spielberg and Schindler's List
  • Ed Asner
  • Henry Winkler
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Jerusalem or city of peace
  • Tel Aviv or mount of spring
  • El Al airlines
  • kibbutz
  • Moshe Dayan
  • Yitzhak Rabin
  • Monica Lewinsky
  • Henry Kissinger
  • Joseph Lieberman
  • Alan Dershowitz
  • Philo
  • Maimonides
  • Talmud
  • Delancey Street and the Lower East Side
  • the Catzkills or the borsht belt
  • half sours or pickles
  • David Ben Gurion
  • Golda Meir
  • The International Ladies Garment Workers Union or ILGWU
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Filene's
  • Sears
  • Bloomingdales
  • Home Depot
  • Lowes
  • Nieman Marcus
  • Macy's
  • masada
  • western wall or kotel
  • matza
  • gefilta fish
  • Dunkin Donuts
  • Gottex
  • cell phones
  • etc

    For all these gifts and many more, we say thank you, God. Baruch Hashem, bless the lord, for goodness, aspirations, creations, and wisdom of Jews and Israel. Please protect them from those who wish them harm.








Midrashim and Piyyutim!


Mr. Ross' poetry about the Ten Commandments, his prosaic warm memories of family life, and his lyrical voicing of social concerns can be called by the Hebrew words piyyutim and midrashim, poems and commentaries, which offer uplifting, spiritual and, sometimes, challenging interpretations. In addition, Mr. Ross offers many suggestions for the reader to consider in struggling with the Ten Commandments, making this Guidebook a fine teaching tool, usable not only for its inspirational reading but also for its suggestions of good deeds.
The Ten Commandments Guidebook, ISBN 0970082525, by Michael Alan Ross is available for purchase online at http://bostonwalks.tripod.com/TCbookorderform.html and for sale in selected bookstores such as Kolbo Fine Judaica and Israel Book Shop in Boston/Brookline. It also can be purchased in multiple copies for Hebrew, day school, and adult classes directly from the publisher.
The Ten Commandments Guidebook, ISBN 0970082525, by Michael Alan Ross, BostonWalks Publishers 2004. In paperback, 153 pages, list price: $19.95 (Wholesale purchase of 12 or more copies available at 40% discount.).
Contact information: BostonWalks Publishers, 50 Grove St., Belmont MA 02478
Email: bostonwalks@hotmail.com, Telephone: 617-489-5020.






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In Song, Poetry, and Prose

Covers 10 Commandments Plus One Other!

Softcover 153 pages with practical suggestions pages!

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