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The Concept of Eid Among All Religions Book Description In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Naim Tahir Baig explores the universal human impulse to mark sacred time through communal celebration, examin……続きを見る

The range of Jewish customs is as vast as their origins are obscure. Why do some Jews dress a certain way? Why is challa braided? Why do we give gelt on Hanukka? Even when not halakhically mandated ……続きを見る

Vivant dans un monde qui n'était pas plus épargné que le nôtre, les anciens Israélites n'en ont pas moins rythmé l'année agricole par des temps de fête qui leur permettaient de se retrouver pour cél……続きを見る

Jennifer Traig's memoir Devil in the Details paints a portrait of a well-meaning Jewish girl and her good-natured parents, and takes a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up with obsessive-c……続きを見る

"Neshama Sabores – Edición Especial Pesaj" es mucho más que un libro de cocina; es un homenaje a la tradición, la memoria y el amor por la gastronomía judía. Con una cuidada selección de recetas aut……続きを見る

Un incontournable de la liturgie juive. Sentences et proverbes des anciens rabbins fut publié pour la première fois en 1629 grâce au travail de traduction méticuleux de Philippe d’Aquin, un philolog……続きを見る

Like Manischewitz with a twist, this saucy book will show the young Chosen Ones how to mix their Jewish roots with their happenin' lifestyles. Bursting with playful anecdotes and amusing advice, Lif……続きを見る

Passover and Easter constitute for Jews and Christians respectively the most important festivals of the year. Although sharing a common root, the feasts have developed in quite distinct ways in the ……続きを見る

Teachers, students, composers, performers, and other practitioners of sacred sound will appreciate this volume because, unlike any book currently available on sacred music, it treats the history, de……続きを見る

Israel Shahak was a remarkable man. Born in the Warsaw ghetto and a survivor of Belsen, Shahak arrived in Israel in 1945. Brought up under Jewish Orthodoxy and Hebrew culture, he consistently oppose……続きを見る

Has Jewish modernity exhausted itself? Flourishing between the age of Enlightenment and the Second World War, the intellectual, literary, scientific and artistic legacy of Jewish modernity continues……続きを見る

Minority populations are often regarded as being ‘hard to reach’ and evading state expectations of health protection. This ethnographic and archival study analyses how devout Jews in Britain negotia……続きを見る

This book presents a selection of articles written by Israeli scholars who are part of a research group on early Christianity and its interaction with Judaism. The book discusses key issues in the f……続きを見る

This book presents a group of distinguished scholars who examine key themes in Jewish religious life. Their essays revolve around the dimensions of rabbinic, intellectual, cultural, communal, educat……続きを見る

Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourishedーideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval……続きを見る

In Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Elisheva Baumgarten seeks a point of entry into the everyday existence of people who did not belong to the learned elite, and who therefor……続きを見る

A traditional Jewish saying is that "the Torah has 70 faces." The question then arises of how an ordinary student of the Bible can view all these faces. In this easy-to-read, yet groundbreaking, boo……続きを見る

Halakhah contains apparent “workarounds” – such as the sale of chametz to non-Jews before Pesach, the use of the prozbol to avoid the cancellation of loans, or the hetter iska which enables collecti……続きを見る

ספרו של רבי אברהם בן שם טוב ביבאג', "דרך אמונה", מהווה אחת מפסגות היצירה הרוחנית של יהדות ספרד בעשורים שקדמו לגירוש. חיבור זה הוא ספר דרשות פילוסופיות המשלב במקוריות חקירה פילוסופית, פרשנות של מקורו……続きを見る

Rabbi Sacks argues that preoccupation with self is a mistake and that ethics are concerned with the life we live together, talking with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does ……続きを見る

Following the painful loss of his father, former Chief Rabbi Sacks began to learn how to celebrate life in a new way. Based, in part, on Rabbi Sacks's collection of columns in the UK's Times newspap……続きを見る

The food that Jewish people eat is part of our connection to our faith, culture, and history. Not only is Jewish food comforting and delicious, it’s also a link to every facet of Judaism. By learnin……続きを見る

Creativity and Conflict reexamines interwar Polish Jewish history through the author's collected essays and scholarly responses of leading academicians. The work covers Polish-Jewish relations, Orth……続きを見る

La porción de la Torá que se lee cada semana es un encuentro entre el presente y el pasado, entre el instante y la eternidad, que enmarca la conciencia judía y nos da un sentido único de vivir una n……続きを見る

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks saw it as his mission to distill the most basic and relevant Jewish ideas for all readers, those with extensive Jewish experiences and education, as well as those without. ……続きを見る

How do we find meaning in our life? This book explores how Martin Buber, one of the 20th century’s greatest religious thinkers, answers this timeless question. Author Kenneth Paul Kramer explains Bu……続きを見る

This book explores how modern religious thought and religious Zionism have addressed the profound question of evil, with a particular focus on the Holocaust. It delves into the theological and philo……続きを見る

"Refidato Zahav" Siddur - Sephardic Liturgy According to the Arizal - רפדתו זהב Discover the Original Arizal version of the Sephardic Prayer Nusach This Siddur presents the Sephardic liturgy accordi……続きを見る

END TIMES: An Eschatological Dialogue Across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Three faiths. One patriarch. A world on the brink. End Times is a bold work of creative nonfiction staging ten vivid sce……続きを見る

What if one day of rest could transform your entire life? One of the most important biblical mandates, so significant that it numbers among the Ten Commandments, is the directive to observe a weekly……続きを見る