Rituals & Practice

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592645282Author Yemima MizrachiFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805212297Author Jonathan SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807412268Author Richard F. AddressFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

Due to the rapid advances in the medical field, existing books on Jewish medical ethics are quickly becoming outdated and irrelevant, Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making seeks to remedy that by presenting the most contemporary medical...

Fundamentally different from other, more prominent Jewish traditions and experiences, the Sephardic tradition has long served to bind together the various Jewish communities of the Mediterranean basin. In "The Sephardic Legacy", Henry Toledano immerses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589660663Author Arnine WeissFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Scranton PressPublisher University of Scranton PressDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580234375Author Rabbi Dov Peretz ElkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Jewish Thought) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781580233545Author Lawrence A. HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Jewish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238502Author Rabbi Joel H BaronFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231541Author Karyn D. KedarFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230193Author Debra OrensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to...

Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the often overlooked stories of these women to the forefront and...

Both Jews and non-Jews alike have many misconceptions of Jewish teachings and practices. Some seemingly unusual statements about Jewish teachings and practices are actually true, whereas some apparently reasonable and popularly believed statements are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853038023Author Jeffrey M. CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co...

In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries,...

Offered here for the first time in English translation, Hasidism as Mysticism is a classic in its field. Using the tools of phenomenology, Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer places Hasidism squarely in the context of religious studies. Hasidism's theoretical texts...

Central to both biblical narrative and rabbinic commentary, circumcision has remained a defining rite of Jewish identity, a symbol so powerful that challenges to it have always been considered taboo. Lawrence Hoffman seeks to find out why circumcision...

Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in recent years by the impact of digital technology,...

According to historical teaching, a Jewish man should give thanks each day for ''not having been made a gentile, a woman, nor a slave.'' Yoel Kahn's innovative study of a controversial Jewish liturgical passage traces the history of this prayer from its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231756Author Moshe MykoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 209mm * 134mm...

Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the often overlooked stories of these women to the forefront and...

Marriage today might be a highly contested topic, but certainly no more than it was in antiquity. Ancient Jews, like their non-Jewish neighbors, grappled with what have become perennial issues of marriage, from its idealistic definitions to its many...

Ruth Langer offers an in-depth study of the birkat haminim, a Jewish prayer for the removal of those categories of human being who prevent the messianic redemption and the society envisioned for it. In its earliest form, the prayer cursed Christians,...

A newly updated edition for a new era of Jewish worship . . .This substantive tool covers every aspect of the Jewish worship service, offering ideas and inspiration for prayer leaders in all settings. In addition to insights from the Tradition, material...

Changes in childhood and children's roles in society, and in how children participate in determining their own lives, have long been of interest to historians. Recent years have seen the emergence of new perspectives on the study of childhood, both in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853038108Author Jeffrey M CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 363Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807411452Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

Siddur Katan is a cheerful non-denominational 18-page Shabbat morning prayer book for families with young children.Book InformationISBN 9780874419092Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S.Publisher Behrman House...

"Light from the Darkness offers a powerful tool to help future generations bear witness, to understand the history of the Shoah, and to apply its universal themes to modern times." -- Abraham H. FoxmanHow do we continue to commemorate the Holocaust? How...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807409442Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800696634Author Steven Leonard JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

As the big day draws near, expectant parents will treasure this priceless guide. This guide Answers expectant parents' Jewish questions, such as: What is the brit milah? What kind of ceremony welcomes a Jewish daughter? What is a wimple? What are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Jewish Family Literature) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780807410899Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint UAHC...

At a glance, the Hebrew Bible presents the Levites as a group of ritual assistants and subordinates in Israel's cult. A closer look, however, reveals a far more complicated history behind the emergence of this group in Ancient Israel. A careful...

Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when there's something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or wedding, for example) to celebrate. Whatever we...

Bring Jewish values to life with an engaging blend of mitzvot, middot, and timeless Jewish wisdom. At an age when students are thinking critically about right and wrong, the importance of the choices they make, and the role that Judaism will play in...

All the steps to an easy-to-lead, 30 -min, participatory Seder. Includes seder Planning Guide with shopping list, recipes, activities for kids. Complete your seder in 30 minutes or an hour - it's up to you!Create your own meaningful seder with Simply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035657Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

This book traces the mixing of musical forms and practices in Istanbul to illuminate multiethnic music-making and its transformations across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It focuses on the Jewish religious repertoire known as the Maftirim,...