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The World of Jewish Cooking

Designed to be the cornerstone of every Jewish kitchen, a substantial collection of kosher recipes from two dozen communities around the world also includes holiday dishes and lore about the history of Jewish food throughout the ages.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 the United ...

The Women’s Passover Companion: Women’s Reflections on the Festival of Freedom

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (editor), Tara Mohr (editor), Catherine Spector (editor)Publisher: Jewish LightsA powerful—and empowering—gathering of women’s voices transmitting Judaism’s Passover legacy to the next generation.Women’s seders have emerged as one of the most meaningful and popular new rituals in contemporary Jewish life, allowing us a unique avenue for exploring our Jewish identity and deepening the spirituality of our Passover ...

The Woman from Hamburg and Other True Stories

Hanna Krall, Madeline G. Levine (translator)Publisher: Other PressIn twelve nonfiction tales, Hanna Krall reveals how the lives of World War II survivors are shaped in surprising ways by the twists and turns of historical events. A paralytic Jewish woman starts walking after her husband is suffocated by fellow Jews afraid that his coughing would reveal their hiding place to the ...

The Way Into Torah

Norman J. CohenPublisher: Jewish LightsAn accessible introduction to reading, studying and understanding Torah — the Hebrew Bible and related sacred texts that have grown up around it.The Way Into Torah, guided by Norman J. Cohen, explores the origins and development of Torah, why it should be studied and how to do it.Cohen addresses these and many other issues in this ...

The War of Western Europe Against Israel

Joseph CarmiPublisher: Devora PublishingA fact-filled guide for students, teachers, rabbis, and all those wishing to understand the current rise in anti-Semitism across Europe, and throughout the world.Describes and details the underlying animosity that Western Europe harbors against the State of Israel, and how to cogently explain this anti-Semitic and anti-Israel wave of hatred to both Jews and non-Jews.Joseph Carmi was ...

The Vision of Eden: Animal Welfare and Vegetarianism in Jewish Law and Mysticism

David SearsPublisher: Orot Inc.The Vision of Eden presents a Jewish view of the universe, drawing upon both Talmudic and Kabbalistic sources, with a special focus on the issues of animal welfare and vegetarianism. While sympathetic to vegetarianism, the author has created a comprehensive anthology that presents a wide range of material representing multiple points of view. Much of this material ...

The Traditional Egalitarian Passover Haggadah

Leona S. GreenPublisher: Norlee Publishing Ltd.Beautifully written, The Traditional Egalitarian Passover Haggadah, by Leona S. Green, offers a comprehensive guide to the Passover Seder along with explanation and commentary that both the novice and the “veteran” Seder leader will find helpful and informative. A unique feature of Green’s Haggadah is an easy to follow abridged version within the text, a ...

The Tosefta: Translated from the Hebrew, with a New Introduction – 2 Volume Hardcover Set

Jacob NeusnerPublisher: HendricksonThe only English-language translation of the Tosefta (“supplement”), which contains explanations and discussion not included in the Mishnah and is organized according to the same six divisions. Materials in the Tosefta are attributed to rabbinic authorities in the first and second centuries c.e., the same ones cited in the Mishnah, and as such the Tosefta is crucial to ...

The Torah Treasury – An anthology of insights, commentary and anecdotes on the weekly Torah reading – Deluxe Gift Edition – Hardcover

Rabbi Moshe LieberPublisher: ArtscrollEdited under the direction of Rabbi Nosson Scherman, Rabbi Moshe Lieber does for the Chumash what he has done so successfully for the Pirkei Avos. This is a work that will be an instant classic, that will grace your Shabbos table and reading desk — and that will attract every member of your family.In this handsome, beautifully ...

The Torah Revealed: Talmudic Masters Unveil the Secrets of the Bible

Publisher: Jossey-BassIn The Torah Revealed, distinguished Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel brings together in one comprehensive and accessible resource expert commentary from the Talmud on key passages contained in every portion of the Torah. This important book provides an inspiring commentary on the Five Books of Moses culled from a huge body of work that represents the thoughts of the greatest ...

The Torah: A Women’s Commentary

Tamara Cohn Eskenazi (editor), Andrea Weiss (editor)Publisher: Urj PressTHE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to “imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah.” WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women’s Commentarywill debut at the ...

The Three Festivals: Sfas Emes

Rabbi Yosef SternPublisher: ArtscrollThe Three Festivals — Pesach, Shavuos and Succos — are “Moadim,” they are the Divinely ordained encounters between the Creator and His people. And in the process of encountering his Maker, a Jew encounters himself. How much has he grown? Is he moving in the right direction? How can he improve?For four generations, Sfas Emes has been ...