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Walking The Bible

Bruce FeilerPublisher: William MorrowOne part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, Walking the Bible vividly recounts an inspiring personal odyssey — by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel — through the greatest stories ever told.Feeling a desire to reconnect to the Bible, award-winning author Bruce Feller set out on a perilous, ten-thousand-mile journey, retracing the Five ...

Waiting for Rain – Reflections at the Turning of the Year

Bryna Jocheved LevyPublisher: JPSIn Israel, the High Holiday cycle marks the transition from summer to the rainy season. In Waiting for Rain, the acclaimed teacher Bryna Levy offers a compelling collection of meditations that examine the biblical and liturgical readings associated with the High Holidays, from Rosh Hashanah to Simhat Torah. Based on a series of lectures given in Jerusalem ...

Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud: Business Lessons from the Ancient Rabbis

Larry KahanerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons“Pound for pound, Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud: Business Lessons from the Ancient Rabbis delivers more wisdom and practical knowledge than a decade of working experience. Every corporate board should adopt the principles of this bible into an ethics pledge to be signed by their chief executives.”–Stephen McMenaminChairman, The Greenwich RoundtableValues, Prosperity, and the Talmud: ...

United States Jewish Travel Guide

9th Editionby Oscar IsraelowitzThis guide contains information about Kosher food shopping and restaurants, Synagogues, Chabad Houses, Hillels, JCCs, Mikvehs, entertainment, Jewish museums, historic Jewish landmarks and sites of interest. Includes: address, phone numbers, supervision, and other contact information.(394 Pages)Publisher: Israelowitz Publishing, 2007This item is sold by:Note: Judaism.com is the longest established Jewish book and Judaica store on the Internet!Direct link: http://www.judaism.com/display.asp?type=books&type=travel&etn=GIFBBYou might ...

Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

Hella WinstonPublisher: Beacon PressA surprising and controversial exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within their restrictive communities-and, in some cases, to carve out a new life beyond them . . . When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to Hasidim unhappy with their ...

UAHC Significant Jewish Book Package

Books also sold separately on site)}}When I Lived in Modern Times}Written by Linda Grant}}Tel Aviv-called “the white city” because of its many Bauhaus buildings-is the setting of Linda Grant’s novel about Palestine under the British Mandate. Evelyn Sert, a twenty-year-old Jewish girl from England, comes to Palestine in 1946 to be part of the great project of building a Jewish ...

Tzvi Tifarto The World of Hirschian Teachings

An anthology of articles on The Hirsch Chumash and the hashkofa of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch.Published to coincide with the completion of the new English translation of the Hirsch Chumash, this unique volume is comprised of two sections. The first contains articles specifically about the Hirsch Chumash, while the second contains articles on Rav Hirsch and his ideology. Authors include ...

Tzaddik

Avraham Greenbaum (translator)Publisher: Breslov Research InstituteThis work is an intimate biographical portrait of Rebbe Nachmanby Reb Noson, the one who knew him best, his closest disciple. It includes numerous conversations, information relating to Rebbe Nachman’s lessons, and a variety of his sayings, stories, dreams and visions. Annotated, with full source references andsupplementary information.Size: 6″ x 9.” 463 pages. Index.This item ...

Two Jews on a Train: Stories My Father Told Me

Adam BiroPublisher: University of Chicago Press“Two Jews were traveling on a train. . . . ” Many Eastern European jokes-and several of the charming and often hilarious conversations in this book-begin this way. From all regions of the world and from all walks of life, the characters are young and full of life and old and ugly; they are rabbis, ...

Twerski on Chumash

Publisher: ArtscrollWritten with warmth and wisdom, this volume of inspiring and insightful comments on the weekly Torah reading is both deeply satisfying and spiritually uplifting. And it’s no wonder renowned author Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. poured into this work the riches of his Chassidic heritage combined with insights derived from his lifetime of experience in psychiatry and rehabilitation. The ...

Tur on the Torah – 4-Volume Hardcover Boxed Set

Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbeinu Asher (R’osh), Eliyahu Munk (translator)Publisher: LambdaThe Tur on the Torah in 4 volumes is an original translation into English of the commentary on the Torah by the famous author of the original Shulchan Aruch (Tur) and the Baal Haturim commentary, Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbeinu Asher (R’osh).The translator, Eliyahu Munk, was born in Frankfurt on Main, where ...

TropeTrainer Standard 4.1

Software that teaches You to Chant Torah and HaftorahAges 9 to adult Tremendous improvement in voice quality in Version 4.1.118Choose between chanting or speaking of Hebrew textImproved NavigationInstrumental accompaniment with your choice of over 100 instruments. Select accompaniment with chanting, no accompaniment, or just instrumentalImproved speech synthesis with higher quality of voicesOptional Download Audio* to your iPod or other MP3 players ...