The Book of Deuteronomy is all about the mitzvot, or commandments. And commandments, let’s be honest, aren’t much fun. But as this week’s guest, Rabbi Diana Fersko, Chief Jewish Life Officer of the JCC of Manhattan, argues, there’s no better—or indeed, other—way to achieve true happiness, self-fulfillment, and intimacy with God. Moses’ keen understanding of human psychology, Rabbi Fersko argues, helped him deliver a book that is more a self-help guide—in the best sense of the term—than a list of antiquated, onerous laws.

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