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A Faithful Heart: Preparing for the High Holy Days

Benjamin LevyA Study Text Based on the Midrash Maaseh Avraham AvinuA Faithful Heart takes the reader on a spiritual journey into the fascinating text Maaseh Avraham Avinu, a compilation of the midrashic sources about Abraham, the first acknowledged Jew. Providing his own translation and commentary, Rabbi Levy has assembled an excellent midrashic study of Abraham’s character that will offer the ...

A Double Thread: Growing Up English and Jewish in London

John J. GrossPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc.This evocative picture of a lost London and a vanished culture is also the story of a bookish boy discovering his own path. John Gross is the son of a Jewish doctor who practiced in the East End of London from the 1920s to World War II and beyond. His parents were the children ...

A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah

Noam ZionPublisher: Shalom Hartman InstituteThis Haggadah offers a rich feast of story and insight for anyone’s Seder Table. It can be used year after year and remain fresh. I look forward to using it with my family” – Rabbi Harold Kushner (Conservative) Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleThis is not just “another” Haggadah. It is itself a rich, ...

A Different Light: The Big Book of Hanukkah

Noamsachs Zion, Barbara Spectre (editor), Noam Zion (editor)Publisher: Pitspopany PressThis is an adult celebration book, with pluralistic perspectives that help explain how different communities and denominations within Judaism find their particular identity symbolized in the light of the Menorah. This book is a product of the Hartman Institute, the leading institute of Jewish pluralism in the world. Rabbi David Hartman, ...

A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1 : You Shall Be Holy

Rabbi Joseph TelushkinPublisher: Harmony BooksA Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy is the initial volume of the first major code of Jewish ethics to be written in the English language. It is a monumental work on the vital topic of personal character and integrity by one of the premier Jewish scholars and thinkers of our time.With ...

A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Reinvents the Synagogue

Edward AbramsonPublisher: Urim PublicationsA Circle in the Square tells the story of a project that by all the rules of logic should have failed, but instead succeeded wildly. In the 1960s, a time of deep religious and existential crisis, when the question of God’s existence was being debated among people of all faiths, a young man fresh out of graduate ...

A Book of Life

A book that charts a clear path to a more spiritually rich practice of Judaism-from the coauthor of the best-selling Jewish Catalogs.For all the cycles of life, best-selling author Rabbi Michael Strassfeld presents traditional Jewish teachings as a guide to behavior and values. Where the tradition is replete with rituals (for example, the Sabbath), he describes them and shows how ...

A Blessing Of Bread: The Many Rich Traditions of Jewish Bread Making Around the World

Maggie GlezerPublisher: Artisan PublishingThis multifaceted guide to Jewish baking harbors a wealth of recipes for challahs from around the world, as well as for babkas and honey cakes, bagels and matzoh, crackers and everyday breads such as deli rye. Working with bakers from Guatemala to Russia, Maggie Glezer perfected these recipes, many of which had never been written down. Recollections ...

7th Heaven – Shabbat

Rebbe NachmanPublisher: Breslov Research Institute7th Heaven with Rebbe Nachman explores the art of consciously observing Shabbat – understanding in depth many of the day’s traditional religious practices within the context of life’s spiritual dynamics. It offers insight into the deeper meaning and purpose of a broad range of Shabbat observances and seeks to show how each law or custom fits ...

60 DAYS: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays

60 DAYS: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays is a fascinating expedition through the most powerful two months of Elul and Tishrei — a 60-day journey toward finding hope, love, fulfillment and the realization of oneﾒs deepest aspirations. 60 DAYS offers spiritual tools to revitalize and invigorate the High Holidays. It is for everyone: those new to the experience ...

6 Jewish Spiritual Paths

A Rationalist Looks at Spiritualityby Rabbi Rifat SonsinoRabbi Rifat Sonsinoa self-proclaimed rationalistoffers a candid, comprehensive discussion of the major paths to spirituality within the framework of Judaism, and the differing ways each path can help us on our quest to nourish the soul and enlighten the mind.6 Spiritual Paths:Acts of TranscendencePrayerMeditationStudyRitualRelationship and Good Deeds(180 Pages)Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2002This item is sold ...

6 Constant Mitzvos

The six “constant mitzvos” can be difficult to describe and articulate to young children, but in this moving, beautifully illustrated book, the principles of faith and belief come alive, explained in clear, age-appropriate language. From the concept of believing in G-d exclusively to G-d’s Oneness and love and fear of Him and following His ways, kids are led, through rhyme ...

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