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The Torah: A Women’s Commentary

Tamara Cohn Eskenazi (editor), Andrea Weiss (editor)Publisher: Urj PressTHE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to “imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah.” WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women’s Commentarywill debut at the ...

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The Three Festivals: Sfas Emes

Rabbi Yosef SternPublisher: ArtscrollThe Three Festivals — Pesach, Shavuos and Succos — are “Moadim,” they are the Divinely ordained encounters between the Creator and His people. And in the process of encountering his Maker, a Jew encounters himself. How much has he grown? Is he moving in the right direction? How can he improve?For four generations, Sfas Emes has been ...

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The Third Judge: And Other Stories of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn, the Third Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch

Elchonon Lesches (editor)Publisher: Kehot Publication SocietyDuring his years of leadership, the third Rebbe of Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, known as the “Tzemach Tzedek,” served as a guiding light for a wide stratum of Russian Jewry. Through a collection of stories, this book seeks to impart revealing glimpses into the life of this revered Rebbe, describing his tremendous impact on ...

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The Taryag Mitzvos

A new concise compilation of all 613 commandments from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources.by Rabbi Aharon Yisroel KahanNow Back In Print!Based on Sefer Hachinuch, this volume presents a new concise compilation of the 613 mitzvot. Each mitzvah is itemized with details about its performance; its source in Torah is given and translated; and, insights from various classical sources are provided.(356 ...

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The Survival Kit Family Haggadah

Shimon ApisdorfPublisher: Leviathan PressThis is the only Haggadah in the world featuring the Matzahbrei family. Ira, Miriam, Rebecca and Sammy Matzahbrei guide you and your guests through a delightful seder, lucidly explaining the flow of the Haggadah so that no one feels lost or confused.Featuring the breakthrough “talking Haggadah” — revolutionary translation that blends the standard Haggadah with explanations woven ...

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The Story of Tisha BAv

Torah Anthology Me’am Lo’ez Tisha BAvby Rabbi Yaakov Culi and Rabbi Yitzchak Bakhor AgruitiTranslated by: Rabbi Aryeh KaplanPart of the ‘Torah Anthology Tanach’ series.Tisha BAv is the saddest day of the year, and the national Jewish day of mourning. The Story of Tisha BAv is based on the famed MeAm Loez. The English reading Jewish public is familiar with the Me’am ...

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The Story of the Jewish People in the Twentieth Century

Rabbi Berel WeinPublisher: Shaar Press / ArtscrollFew authors are able to fuse facts with inner meaning like Berel Wein. For many thousands of people, he is the voice of Jewish history – better said, he is a wise and profound teacher who sees history not merely as a collection of events, but as a continuum from Creation leading to the ...

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The Story of Israel

Martin GilbertPublisher: Carlton Publishing GroupJust over 100 years ago, Theodor Herzl launched the Zionist Movement. They called for a Jewish State in their ancestral land, Palestine. Fifty years later, the State of Israel came into being. Israel was established so that Jews anywhere in the world could have a homeland of their own. Story of Israel contains approximately 30 rare ...

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The Soul Of The Text

An Anthology Of Jewish LiteratureThe Soul of the Text: An Anthology of Jewish Literature unites one of the world’s richest and most enduring literary traditions with Shared Inquiry, the method promoted by the Great Books Foundation for discussing outstanding works of literature. This volume includes excerpts from Bible, medieval biblical commentaries, rabbinical literature, Yiddish stories, and essays, poems, stories and other ...

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The Song of Songs

A New Translationby Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch‘(A) masterpiece has just appeared in America… This is Chana and Ariel Bloch’s beautiful translation of The Song of Songs, with the English and the Hebrew on facing pages, an informative introduction, wonderfully interesting notes, and a thought-provoking afterword by Robert Alter’ -Gabriel Josipovici, The Times Literary Supplement (London).Chana Bloch is author of the ...

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The Song of Songs

The Honeybee In the Gardenby Debra BandIllustrated by: Debra BandTranslated by: David Band and Jewish Publication SocietyExquisite illuminated Song of SongsThe Song of Songs has provided generations with some of the most passionate and most lasting love poetry ever recorded. And because of that passion, it has also been a source of lasting controversy and debate. What exactly is the true meaning ...

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The Shabbos Shiron: A Treasury of Grace After Meals

Rabbi Yonah WeinribPublisher: ArtscrollA treasury of Grace After Meals and Zemiros, translation, transliteration, commentary, laws, customs and songsA Calligraphic classic by renowned Judaica artist Rabbi Yonah Weinrib!Much more than a bencher, this volume captures the entire Shabbos experience! From preparing for Shabbos through Havdallah, you’ll learn about the customs, traditions, laws and zemiros for Shabbos, with exquisite illumination and inspiring ...

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