Rituals category: 373 books
Jewish Literacy Revised Ed
The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question?
In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one...
by Herman Wouk
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
This Is My God is Herman Wouk's famous introduction to Judaism completely updated and revised with a new chapter, Israel at Forty. A miracle of brevity, it guides readers through the world's oldest practicing religion with all the power, clarity and wit of Wouk's celebrated novels.
Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals
Eating and Embodiment in Medieval Kabbalah
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2005
Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals is the first book-length study of mystical eating practices and experiences in the kabbalah. Focusing on the Jewish mystical literature of late-thirteenth-century Spain, author Joel Hecker analyzes the ways in which the Zohar and other contemporaneous literature represent...
Essential Torah
A Complete Guide to the Five Books of Moses
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
Whether you are thinking about studying the Bible for the first time or you’re simply curious about its history and contents, you will find everything you need in Essential Torah. George Robinson, author of the acclaimed Essential Judaism, begins by recounting the various theories of the origins...
by Adin Steinsaltz
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
A masterful introduction to the to the great repository of Jewish wisdom, the Talmud
In The Essential Talmud, the renowned Israeli scholar and teacher Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz succinctly describes the history, structure, and methodology of the sacred text by which the Jewish people have lived...
Creating Judaism
History, Tradition, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
How can we define "Judaism," and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L. Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities and its immense diversity. Presenting...
My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries: Vol. 5
Birkhot Hashachar (Morning Blessings)
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2001
Provides diverse and exciting commentaries to the traditional liturgy, written by some of todays most respected scholars and teachers from all perspectives of the Jewish world. Unique, fresh, honest translations, with notes comparing other translations. This volume of the My Peoples Prayer Book series...
Jewish Ethical Values
A Sourcebook of Classic Texts and Their Practical Uses for Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
With insightful commentary, passion and expertise, Rabbis Sherwin and Cohen guide us through selections from classic Jewish ethical literature, offering clear explanations of the historic context of each writing and thoughtful applications of their wisdom on the problems we grapple with today.
By His Light
Character and Values in the Service of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant...
by Ernest Renan
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2014
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Ernest Renan (1823-1892) est un écrivain, philologue, philosophe et historien français. Il ne cachait pas son admiration pour le peuple juif,...
Havdalah
the ceremony that completes the sabbath
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
Most people know that Shabbot--the Sabbath Day--begins Friday evening at sundown with a special ceremoney. But most people don't know that the Sabbath ends with another shorter, yet equally sweet, ceremony called havdalah. Practiced by observant Jews die millennia, it is now returning, not just among...
Judaism
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In this clear and authoratative guide, Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok concisely examine the Jewish faith and its practices and explore what it means to be a Jew today. From the nature of God to the divisions within Judaism and from worship to customs, Judaism: A Beginner's Guide covers all the topics...
by Ben Schachter
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Contemporary Jewish art is a growing field that includes traditional as well as new creative practices, yet criticism of it is almost exclusively reliant on the Second Commandment’s prohibition of graven images. Arguing that this disregards the corpus of Jewish thought and a century of criticism...
Parenting With Fire
Lighting Up the Family with Passion and Inspiration
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Transmitting your passions to your children, motivating them with shared goals, and getting them excited about values are the most important things you can do as a parent. With great humor and insight, Shmuley Boteach, bestselling author and former host of TLC's Shalom in the Home, lays out his...