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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 observe |
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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, NewYork |
| 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 |
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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, Clayey 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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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 prayer books. |
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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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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 the |
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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
ewish 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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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 anthologized 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 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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The jewish Marriage Anthology |
| Author: |
Philip and Hanna Goodman |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1977 (5737) |
| Publisher: |
The Jewish Publication Society |
Place: |
Philadelphia |
| Description: |
There are five parts in this highly scholarly approach to marriage: Part one discusses Jewish marriage in traditional literature (Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Meddle Ages, Response, Laws. Part two discusses theory of Jewish marriages from Biblical times to the present |
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The Jewish Woman-New Perspectives |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Elizabeth Koltun |
Copyright: |
1976 |
| Publisher: |
Schocken Books |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
Series of articles by major Jewish writers and personalities and clerics, which discuss the Spirituality, Life Cycle and rituals form a feminist point of view. Some enlightening articles about past, present and future models for women in the Jewish community |
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The Living Talmud, The Wisdom of the Fathers |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Judah Goldin, Trans. |
Copyright: |
1960 |
| Publisher: |
The Heritage Press |
Place: |
NewYork |
| Description: |
Scholarly book of specific passages from the Talmud with commentaries. This Perke Abot is an abridged compilation of what 'constitutes God-fearing, civilised conduct and thought. 'It is a line by line commentary and interpretation of particular passages inc |
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The Modern Jewish Woman |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Raizel Schnall Friedfertig, Freyda Schapiro |
Copyright: |
1981 |
| Publisher: |
Lubavitch Educaitonal Foundation for Jewish Marriage Enrichment |
Place: |
Brooklyn, New York |
| Description: |
Oye Veh. The idea of a modern Jewish woman in the Lubavitch Movement almost seems a contradiction in terms. Conservative but thoughtful articles on being Jewish, one's spiritual dimensions in marriage the role of creativity and why women are traditionally |
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The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism |
| Author: |
Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1975 |
| Publisher: |
Touchstone Books, Div. Of Simon and Schuster |
Place: |
New York |
| Description: |
All the major doubts and dilemmas here: the nature and existance of God, merits of organised religion, issues of Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism, issues of intermarriage and dwindling Jewish numbers and practising what one preaches. Thoughtful. |
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