Beliefs category: 373 books
Nitsavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) and Haftarah (Isaiah 61:10-63:9)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes a general introduction, two model divrei Torah on the...
Va-yetse' (Genesis 28:10-32:3) and Haftarah (Hosea 12:13-14:10)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
*Va-yetse' (Genesis 28:10-32:3) and Haftarah (Hosea 12:13-14:10): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet...
Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:11-55:5)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. The narrative summaries, “big” ideas, model divrei Torah, haftarot commentaries,...
A Practical Guide to the Laws of Kashrut
Hukhat HaHayim
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
This concise and useful book of Hilchot Kashrut is specially crafted for the modern Jewish home. Researched and written by Rabbi Pinchas Cohen, a faculty member at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut, Israel, it covers a range of frequently asked questions, such as: Can one use a dishwasher for both...
by Lamm, Norman
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
These essays are from the Hebrew/English Koren Yizkor: Memory & Meaning. The collection of essays by Rabbi Norman Lamm discuss themes of Yizkor, memory, and mourning for the different holidays. . The book is published under the Koren logo in partnership with YU.
Your Name Is Your Blessing
Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Your Name Is Your Blessing: Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meanings represents the first time that the secrets of the Kabbalah, the mystical teachings of Jewish spiritual leaders, were introduced to the general public for the purpose of explaining the profound meanings hidden in every person’s...
Mitokh HaOhel: Weekday Prayers
From Within the Tent
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women
Kallah's Choice
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
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 probes questions as to how their location in a...
Singing God's Words
The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
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, feminism, the empowerment of lay people and a search...
Sacred Secrets
The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings. Unfortunately, Judaism's healthy outlook on...
The Gospel of the Resurrection
How Belief in Eternal Conscious Torment Has Obscured the Apostolic Understanding of the Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
It is the aim of this work to demonstrate that a theme which runs throughout scripture, the mortality of human beings, has been obscured by a belief in the inherent immortality of the human soul, thus resulting in our misunderstanding the apostolic presentation of the gospel, or the good news about...
by Joe Bobker
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Joe Bobker's easy-to-read, indispensable and educational tour de force of the complexities of the laws of Shabbas and the beauty of the lores of Shabbas!
Did you ever wonder?
Is long-life relative to Shabbas? What s the essence of Shabbas? How did Shabbas observance become the standard...
The Living Tree
Studies in Modern Orthodoxy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The Living Tree comprises a collection of thought-provoking articles that fearlessly confront the most pressing issues facing Orthodox Judaism today. Rabbi Riskin does not flinch from such controversial questions as the possibility of trading land for peace, dialogue with Christians, and finding new...
Rendezvous with God
Revealing the Meaning of the Jewish Holidays and their Mysterious Rituals
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016