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The Book of Esther

Tamar MesserPublisher: Tamar Messer Ltd.The book of Esther contains twenty magnificent illustrations that tell the story of Purim. The illustration’s proportion is stretched in order to hint and demonstrate a structure of a scroll. This elegant edition is printed on artistic paper in Hebrew and English, available in two different cover colors – red and blue.This item is sold by:Note: ...

The Book of Customs: A Complete Handbook for the Jewish Year

Scott-Martin KosofskyPublisher: Harper CollinsFifteen years ago while researching Jewish imagery, award-winning book designer Scott-Martin Kosofsky happened upon a 1645 edition of the Minhogimbukh — the “Customs Book” — a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to the Jewish year written in Yiddish, the people’s vernacular. Captivated, he investigated further and learned that from 1590 to 1890, this cross between a prayer ...

The Book of Books: Mysteries of the Torah Scroll

Azriel EisenbergPublisher: Soncino PressIn this fascinating book, distinguished scholar Azriel Eisenberg takes the reader through the mysteries of the Torah scroll-from the specific way scribes copy the Torah onto the parchment scroll to the illuminating history of the Bible text and the important role that Torah scrolls have played in the life and history of the Jews.This engrossing book is ...

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions (Yale Judaica Series, Vol 1)

Saadia Gaon, Sa’adia, Samuel Rosenblatt (translator)Publisher: Yale University PressThe only unabridged translation into a modern language of the entire text of Saadia Gaon’s classic Book of Beliefs and Opinions-the first systematic attempt to present Judaism as a rational body of beliefs.“Saadia Gaon’s Book of Beliefs and Opinions is the oldest surviving specimen of medieval Jewish philosophy. It remains also an ...

The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World

Michael KarpinPublisher: Simon & SchusterTHE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT tells the fascinating story of how Israel became the Middle East’s only nuclear power and — unlike Iraq and Iran — succeeded in keeping its atomic program secret.Veteran Israeli journalist Michael Karpin explains how Israel, by far the smallest of the nuclear powers, succeeded in its ambitious effort. David Ben-Gurion saw ...

The Bird’s Head Pop-Up Haggadah of Passover

This unique haggadah is inspired by the original Bird’s-head Haggada, one of the oldest Haggadot, first published in North Germany, at the end of the 13th century C.E. The original was illustrated with ink and tempera on parchment and resides in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. It got the name from the figures drawn with birds’ heads and prominent beaks. Other ...

The Binding of Isaac, Religious Murders & Kabbalah: Seeds of Jewish Extremism and Alienation?

Lippman BodoffPublisher: Devora PublishingThe author focuses on a number of pertinent questions that help explain how to create a Jewish ethical and moral society:What really happened at the binding of Isaac? How was the traditional interpretation of this pivotal moment in Jewish history misapplied in Christian theology and Jewish martyrology? Is there even a case for religious murders in Jewish ...

The Bible with Sources Revealed

Richard E. FriedmanPublisher: Harper CollinsFor centuries, biblical scholars have worked on discovering how the Bible came to be. The consensus that emerged from experts of various traditions was the Documentary Hypothesis: the idea that ancient writers produced documents of poetry, prose, and law over many hundreds of years, which editors then used as sources to fashion the books of the ...

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

Israel FinkelsteinPublisher: Free PressIsrael Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman combine their fields of Biblical archaeology and history, attempting to explain what the Bible says about ancient Israel, and how their findings differ from archaeological reality. They offer a dramatic new version of the history of ancient Israel, using archaeological evidence to answer the question of when and where the Bible ...

The Battle for Jerusalem

Mordechai GurPublisher: I BooksLt. General Mordechai Gur, who played a major role in Israel’s military operations since statehood, has vividly written an unforgettable account of the events surrounding the critical Battle for Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War. General Gur’s fast-paced narrative brings alive all the tension, terror, uncertainty, hope and desperation of the conflict.This item is sold by:Note: ...

The Bat Mitzvah Treasury

Rabbi Yonah WeinribPublisher: ArtscrollAs a young girl becomes Bat Mitzvah, she enters a period of profound growth and inspiration. In these formative years here character is refined and her horizons expanded as she develops into a true Bat Yisrael.In this creatively original volume, master craftsman and author Rabbi Yonah Weinrib captures the beauty and meaning of this significant chapter in ...

The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planner

Everything You Need to Organize and Plan a Meaningful Ceremony and a Joyous Celebrationby Gabrielle Kaplan-MayerIllustrated by: Carol RossThe Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planner presents in a task-by-task fashion, the elements every parent or family member needs to know in order to throw a fabulous event that not only honors the solemnity of this sacred right of passage but also celebrates it. The ...

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