VIVID TRUE-TO-LIFE STORIES CULMINATING IN MORAL DILEMMAS, EXPERTLY NAVIGATED BY HARAV GERSHON RIBNER Mr. Spitz is aware that one of his sons-in-law has been stealing from the family business for years. Is it advisable for Mr. Spitz to use his Fi- nal Will and Testament to restore equality and achieve fairness in the family? § § § Yaakov, a baal teshuvah, is asked by his as- similated brother how he, as an Orthodox Jew, views his brother’s marriage to a non-Jewish woman. The whole family, including the gen- tile spouse and their children, are watching, waiting for Yaakov’s answer. How should Yaa- kov respond? § § § Boris’s treacherous behavior caused his pious father to disown him and forbid him from say- ing Kaddish for him after his passing. Should Boris obey his father’s wishes and refrain from honoring him with Kaddish? Consequential Choices is a riveting collection of true-to-life stories. A masterfully captivating odyssey, each story culminates with a profound and challenging moral dilemma. The reader finds himself confronted with predicaments that force him to reach deep within, tapping into his innate ideals and values, thereby mustering the conviction, strength, and courage to rise above his personal gains and interests. Harav Gershon Ribner’s penetrating and insightful outlook, star- tling in its intelligence and sense, shows a path to cultivating solutions in an honest and pure man- ner, clearly discerning right from wrong. The decisions portrayed in this book clearly il- lustrate how the Torah is a comprehensive guide that contains directives for every facet of life- rel- evant to all centuries, every continent, and any situation. Direction and wisdom are embedded in every page of the Talmud, and a scholar can unearth and extrapolate every proper and no- ble sentiment, while learning to differentiate be- tween what is to be cherished and what is to be rejected; what is to be encouraged and what is to be frowned upon; what is essential and what is irrelevant; what is eternal and what is finite; what is real and what is illusory.