epub |eng | | Author:Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben & JENNIFER S. HANIN

Abram was ninety-nine years old. God appeared to him and said, “I am God Al-mighty. Walk before Me and be perfect. I will make a covenant between Me and you, ...

pdf | | 2018-07-17 | Author:Stern [Stern]

pdf | | 2021-07-01 | Author:Elisa Uusimäki [Uusimäki, Elisa]

epub |eng | | Author:Jordan D. Rosenblum

HOW TO OFFER A RABBINIC TOAST A fascinating final case study of the theme of symbolic inversion and illicit religious practice is the curious rabbinic category of “the ways of ...

epub |eng | 2018-08-16 | Author:Talya Fishman

epub |eng | 2020-01-10 | Author:Schäfer, Peter; Brown, Allison;

d Haggadah refers to the non-law-related ethically and theologically relevant interpretations, in contrast to the Halakhah, which are interpretations based on biblical law. e One of the seven heavens. f ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Adin Steinsaltz [ADIN STEINSALTZ]

19 Marriage and Divorce THE RANGE OF PROBLEMS pertaining to Jewish matrimonial law can be divided, as far as sources are concerned, into two categories: the various incest laws and ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-11 | Author:Cooper, Levi [Cooper, Levi]

Tarrying at the table O UR SAGES DECLARE that sitting for extended periods at the dinner table is one of the actions that can lengthen a person’s life (B. Berakhot ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richard Kalmin

FIVE Zechariah and the Bubbling Blood AN ANCIENT TRADITION IN JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND MUSLIM LITERATURE THIS CHAPTER EXAMINES JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, and Muslim traditions about a murder in the Temple of ...

epub |eng | 1997-04-30 | Author:Aryeh Kaplan [Kaplan, Aryeh]

He made the letter Kaf () king over Life And He bound a crown to it And He combined one with another And with them He formed Venus in the ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-09 | Author:Binyamin Lau

The account in the Tosefta is informative. It describes how a problem arose and how Hillel enlisted his intellectual abilities as well as received traditions in order to solve it. ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2018-04-17 | Author:Barry Scott Wimpfheimer [Wimpfheimer, Barry Scott]

Jewish Philosophy It can be difficult to properly apprehend the long-ago impact of Greek philosophy on theories of nature, the function of the world, and the roles of human beings ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

Law, Ethics, and Disgust Disgust has gained recognition as a factor in contemporary law and engendered a copious amount of legal literature debating the parameters of its legitimate function. Some ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-11 | Author:Sherman, Charles S. [Sherman, Charles S.]

Connection One night in 1986, not two weeks after Eyal’s first, unsuccessful surgery to debulk the lesion, I was curled up on a couch in the parents’ room adjoining the ...

epub |eng | 2013-10-09 | Author:Terry Mortenson

The days of creation may also pose difficulties for a strict historical account. Contemporary scientists almost unanimously discount the possibility of creation in one week, and we cannot summarily discount ...