Relics for the Present II - Hardcover

Cooper, Levi

 
9781592644421: Relics for the Present II
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1592644422 ISBN 13: 9781592644421
Verlag: MAGGID, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Why is wine so central to Jewish rituals? Is talmudic medical advice binding today? What is the connection between long meals and long life? And when is it appropriate to apply a humra? In this page-by-page companion to Berakhot, the first tractate of the Talmud, popular teacher and community leader Rabbi Levi Cooper explores the wisdom of the Jewish sages, transforming their ancient teachings into lessons for everyday life.This second volume explores the second half of Tractate Berakhot in a series of short, accessible essays highlighting the contemporary relevance of the pages of the Talmud. Volume I was published in 2012.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Levi Cooper, originally from Australia, teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and serves as the rabbi of HaTzur VeHaTzohar Congregation in Zur Hadassa, Israel. His PhD, awarded by Bar- Ilan University s Faculty of Law, explored the interaction between Hasidism and Jewish Law. Rabbi Cooper is a member of the Israel Bar Association and the Tzohar rabbis organisation, and serves as a historian with Heritage Seminars. He publishes The Tisch, a column on Hasidism in The Jerusalem Post, and is a contributing editor for Jewish Educational Leadership, the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education journal

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Verlag
MAGGID
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1592644422
ISBN 13 
9781592644421
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
316
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