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A Child's Bible |
| Author: |
Anne Edwards |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1969 |
| Publisher: |
Paulist Press/Pan Books Ltd. |
Place: |
London, New York |
| Description: |
Illustrated and simply written, a child under eleven could read it or it would be a good book to use in Cheder or at home to read to younger children. |
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Ahava(Love), Study Guide for Chavruta,2000, Limmud (3 copies) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Julian Gilbey |
Copyright: |
2000 |
| Publisher: |
Limmud, 1 Dennington Park Rd, London NW6 1AX; UJA |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Four-part section dealing with the topic of Love which was used at the Limmud conference in 2002 as part of the Chavruta studies. Eclectic selection of talmudic, Torah, literary and popular commentaries; good for thought and discussion. |
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Choosing a Jewish Life |
| Author: |
Anita Diamant |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1997 |
| Publisher: |
Schocken Books |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Readable, simplistic and encouraging book for people who want to convert to Judaism. Information about rabbis, covenants, the beth din, and creating a Jewish identity. |
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Choosing Judaism |
| Author: |
Lydia Kukoff |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1981 |
| Publisher: |
Union of American Hebrew Congregations |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Friendly, personal book abut the ins and outs of being Jewish by choice: everything form getting on with your Jewish and non-Jewish relatives, to raising your children. |
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Code of Jewish Law |
| Author: |
Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried; Trans. By Hyman E. Goldin |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1963 |
| Publisher: |
Hebrew Publishing Company |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Four volume edition of all the 'rules' for daily life, religious and secular activities; everything from 'rules of conduct upon rising in the morning' benedictions, laws for the festivals, for birth, life, and death. A must reference book for every observ |
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Everyman's Talmud |
| Author: |
Rev. A. Cohen |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1961 |
| Publisher: |
J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. |
Place: |
London, New York |
| Description: |
Doctrine of God, God and the Universe, Doctrine of Man, Revelation, Domestic Life, Social Life, Moral Life, Physical Life, Folk-Lore, Jurisprudence, the Hereafter. English. |
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Exploring Rabbinic Literature |
| Author: |
Michal Shekel |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1992 |
| Publisher: |
KTAV |
Place: |
KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
| Description: |
A good study guide to understanding the Talmud and the Midrash surrounding it; good sprinkling of Hebrew, too, to help sort out the various tractates. |
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If God Is Good, Why s The World So Bad? |
| Author: |
Rabbi Benjamin Blech |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2003 |
| Publisher: |
Simcha Press |
Place: |
Deerfield Beach, Florida |
| Description: |
Rather than rely on quick-fix, glib solutions, this rabbi discusses why bad things happen to people and uses Jewish literature and Torah to explain how others have handled unfortunately events. He dispels many theories about where fault lies and gets on w |
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Midrash Rabbah |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
Ten Volumes |
| Editor: |
Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman |
Copyright: |
1983 |
| Publisher: |
The Soncino Press |
Place: |
London-New York |
| Description: |
Genesis I, Bereshith-Vayera; Genesis II, Chayye Sarah-Vayechi; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers I,Bemidbar-Naso[1]; Numbers II, Naso[2]-Masse; Deuteronomy; Lamentations; Ruth; Ecclesiastes; Esther; Song of Songs; Index. English. |
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Mishnayoth |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
Seven Volumes |
| Editor: |
Philip Blackman |
Copyright: |
1964, 1990 |
| Publisher: |
The Judaica Press, Inc. |
Place: |
New York, Gateshead, UK |
| Description: |
Order Zeraim, pointed Hebrew text, English translation, introductions, notes, supplement, appendix, indexes, addenda, corrigenda;Order Moed;Order Nashim; Order Nezikin;Order Kodashim;Order Tararoth; Supplement & Index: pointed Hebrew, translation, talmud |
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My Weekly Sidrah |
| Author: |
Elanie Berman and Joe Lurie Grishaver |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1986 |
| Publisher: |
Torah Aura Productions |
Place: |
Los Angeles |
| Description: |
A little bit of Hebrew, plenty of illustrations, and teaching which takes the child from Bereshit through to Devarim. Some good exercises which would be useful in a cheder class. |
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On Being a Jewish Feminist - a reader |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Susannah Heschel |
Copyright: |
1983 |
| Publisher: |
Schocken Books |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Series of well written articles by major Jewish women which cover tops about Myths, feminine Jewish identity and feminist theology. |
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Palestine Facts: the Jewish Refugee History |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2008 |
| Publisher: |
www.palestinefacts.org/pf_independence_refugees_jews_why.php |
Place: |
- |
| Description: |
Large loose-leaf anthology of the Jewish refugee problem from the early days of settlement through to the present time which attempt to explain the Israeli-Palestinian 'situation.' in Jewish terms. A variety of sources and contributors. Gives insight and |
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Pinckas Gostynin (Book of Gostynin) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
I. M. Biderman |
Copyright: |
1960 |
| Publisher: |
Shulsinger Bros. |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Compiled by the Gostynim Memorial Book Committees in New York and Tel Aviv, commentaries of Gostynim including some pictures. Hebrew only. |
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Pirke Avot: Sayings of the Jewish Fathers |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2004 |
| Publisher: |
Lightning Source UK Ltd. |
Place: |
UK 2004 |
| Description: |
Paperback text of the famous bits of wisdom often cited in our prayerbooks. |
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Prayers of Israel (in Hebrew) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1966 |
| Publisher: |
Jews College |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Scholastic commentaries with an introduction by the then chief Rabbi, Israel Brodie, about religious and secular problems in the Jewish communities, mostly of Israel and some of Britain; a sort of history of Israel and of the Rabbinic law in Israel and th |
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Prayers of Israel(Hebrew) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi |
Copyright: |
1966 |
| Publisher: |
Jews' college, 11Montagu Place, Montagu Sq.,W1;Narod Press,Ltd.,London,E1 |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Collection of academic essays (in Hebrew) related to the laws, changes, and intellectual aspect of life in Israel. |
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Putting God on the Guest List, Reclaiming the spiritual meaning of Bar/Bat Mitzvah |
| Author: |
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1992 |
| Publisher: |
Jewish Lights Publishing Company
Jewish Lights Publishing Co. |
Place: |
Woodstock, Vermont |
| Description: |
This is a how-to book as well as getting the right prospective when one's child, grand-child, or anyone you know is about to be Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Rabbi Salkin attempts to make the experience so important, and so moving that it will be an inspiration not |
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Techinas: A Voice From the Heart |
| Author: |
Rivka Zakutinsky |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1992 |
| Publisher: |
Aura Press, Inc. |
Place: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Description: |
This book is about women's prayers, both in English and in Hebrew, and about concerns of women in daily life, the role of God in their daily lives, and the strength which strong faith and prayer provide. The phrasing and devotional aspect of these prayers |
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Tehillim, The Book of Psalms(Midrash) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
Three |
| Editor: |
Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Feuer |
Copyright: |
1977, 1978, 1979 |
| Publisher: |
Mesorah Publications, Ltd. |
Place: |
Brooklyn, New York |
| Description: |
David's book of psalms; translation with commentary anthologised from talmudic, midrashic and rabbinic sources. English/Hebrew |
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The Festivals in Halachah |
| Author: |
Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin |
Volume: |
Three Volumes |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1981. 1982 |
| Publisher: |
Mesorah Publications Ltd., Hillel Press |
Place: |
New York, Jerusalem |
| Description: |
An analysis of the development of the festival laws: Yom Tov, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Succos, Chanukah, Purim, Fast Days, Minor Festivals, Pesach, Omer, Shavuos. The reasoning underlying the laws and roots of the festivals. English. |
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The Five Books of Miriam, A Woman's Commentary on the Torah |
| Author: |
Ellen Frankel |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1998 |
| Publisher: |
Harper of Harper Collins |
Place: |
San Francisco |
| Description: |
This is written in very strange form with all the famous cast of female characters who appear in the Torah. One is given the quote first, then a question is asked(by a daughter),and various women reply. The traditional interpretation (of the male sages) i |
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The Guide of the Perplexed |
| Author: |
Moses Maimonides |
Volume: |
Vols. 1 and II |
| Editor: |
Trans. By Shlomo Pines; Intro. Essay by Leo Strauss |
Copyright: |
1963 |
| Publisher: |
University of Chicago Press |
Place: |
Chicago and London |
| Description: |
Based on the Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew texts, this most detailed and scholarly work is a true find to anyone who has always wanted to know what the great Maimonides created in one of his most famous works. If you are a person who has already read the en |
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The Jew and His Home |
| Author: |
Eliyahu Kitov |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
(Trans. Nathan Bulman) - 6th Edition |
Copyright: |
1963,1972 |
| Publisher: |
Shengold Publishers, Inc. |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Orthodox commentary on the sanctity of marriage, the way to domestic bliss, the requirements for men and women in marriage(modesty and esteem, hospitality and a liberal spirit all extolled), as well as information about Challah, Terumoth and Maasroth(doug |
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The Jewish Holidays, A Guide and Commentary |
| Author: |
Michael Strassfeld (Illus. Betsey Platkind Teutsch) |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1985 |
| Publisher: |
Harper Collins publishers |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Geared for the adult, this is a good, in-depth guide to celebrating and understanding the various Jewish holidays; everything is here from soup to nuts halachically speaking. |
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