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Jewish Weddings

A Beautiful Guide to Creating the Wedding of Your Dreamsby Rita Milos BrownsteinBeginning with a brief history of the Jewish weddings (including wonderful stories of barshert, couples whose love was clearly meant to be), Brownstein guides the bride and groom through the pleasures of the engagement party and Jewish bridal shower to choosing a ketubah (marriage contract), wedding ring, and ...

Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness

Rabbi Dayle A. FriedmanPublisher: Jewish LightsFrom the rapidly changing retirement years to the sometimes wrenching challenges of dementia and chronic illness, spiritual questions and needs among today’s elders and caregivers are central. This rich resource probes Jewish texts to offer solutions and suggestions for finding meaning, purpose and community within Jewish tradition.With timely—and timeless—wisdom, this rich resource probes Jewish texts, ...

Jewish Tales of Holy Women

Yitzhak BuxbaumPublisher: Jossey-BassWhat is a “holy woman,” or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it. Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an engaging and entertaining form. ...

Jewish Symbols Tzedakah Box

Ages 1 & up This Kidkraft tzedakah box is constructed of excellent quality materials meant to last a lifetime – and more. Colorful symbols on each side are a Jewish Star, Torah, Israeli Flag, and Temple Menorah. Top has ‘Tzedakah’ in Hebrew letters and gelt. A great way to encourage this mitzvah from a young age.Kidkraft promotes imaginative play while creating ...

Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians

Rabbi Lawrence KushnerPublisher: Jewish LightsA window into the Jewish soul—written especially for Christians.“I invite you to explore with me some of the rich and varied expressions of the Jewish spiritual imagination. It is a tradition that may at times, for Christians, feel strangely familiar and will, for Christians and Jews, always challenge you to see yourself and your world through ...

Jewish Spirit: A Celebration In Stories & Art

To quote the editor of this noteworthy collection, “a peoples’ tales are its memory, its conscience-its imaginative channel to its place in the world.” Accordingly, this clothbound, 240-page volume includes ancient stories as well as more contemporary literary narratives by such renowned writers as Grace Paley, Bernard Malamud, and Franz Kafka. Ranging from traditional Hasidic tales to Sephardic folklore, the ...

Jewish Ritual

A Brief Introduction for Christiansby Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky and Rabbi Daniel JudsonA window into the meaning of Jewish rituals throughout history and today — written especially for Christians.Ritual moments and opportunities guide the daily life of practicing Jews. These spiritual practices give expression to Jewish identity and reflect Judaisms core beliefs and values. But what can they mean to ...

Jewish People, Jewish Thought

Dr. Robert SeltzerExcerpt. Â© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Like every distinctive heritage, Judaism must be understood as a creative response to ultimate issues of human concern by members of a group that has faced a unique concatenation of political, economic, and geographical circumstances. And the Jewish historical experience is more unusual than most. Standing both within and without the ...

Jewish Paths Toward Healing and Wholeness : A Personal Guide to Dealing With Suffering

Rabbi Kerry M. OlitzkyPublisher: Jewish LightsA personal guide to dealing with suffering. Rabbi Olitzky helps us understand how, when confronted with suffering, we can take steps to heal the soul, which is a vital counterpart to healing the body.This item is sold by:Note: AllJudaica.com is owned by Rosenblum’s World of Judaica, which is one of the oldest Judaica stores in ...

Jewish Parables: A Mashal for Every Occasion

Publisher: ArtscrollThe parable has long been a favorite and very effective tool of some of leaders and teachers. Think of the Maggid of Dubno, the Chofetz Chaim, the Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Shalom Schwadron – these great men were Mashal Masters, with the blessed knack of creating just the right story to make an essential point. Rabbi Yisroel Bronstein has ...

Jewish Mothers

Lloyd Wolf, Paula Wolfson, Anne Roiphe (editor)There is an old Jewish proverb that goes, “God could not be everywhere so God invented Jewish mothers.” Proof positive is found in the faces and stories of these exquisite Jewish mothers photographed by native son Lloyd Wolf.Available in hardcoverThis item is sold by:Note: AllJudaica.com is owned by Rosenblum’s World of Judaica, which is ...

Jewish Meditation

A Practical Guideby Rabbi Aryeh KaplanEdited by Abraham SuttonA step-by-step introduction to meditation and the Jewish practice of meditation in particular. This practical guide covers such topics as mantra meditation, contemplation and visualization within a Jewish context. It shows us how to use meditative techniques to enhance prayer using the traditional liturgy the Amidah and the Shema.(164 Pages)‘A guide to ...