9780900498022 - Guide to Jewish Knowledge von Pearl, Chaim; Brookes, Reuben Solomon (3 Ergebnisse)

Fourth Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Fifth impression, 1978. Physical description; 123 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. Contents; Jewish religious observances -- Section 1. The calendar -- Section 2. The Sabbath -- Section 3. Festivals: -- (a) Pesach (Passover) -- (b) Shavout (feast of weaks) -- (c) Sukkot (Tabernacles) -- Section 4. High festivals: -- (a) Rosh Hashanah (new year) -- (b) Yom Kippur (day of atonement) -- Section 5. Minor festivals: -- (a) Chanukah -- (b) Purim -- (c) Lag Ba'Omer -- (d) Tu B'Shevat (new year for trees) -- (e) Rosh Chodesh (new moon) -- (f) Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel independence day) -- General -- Section 6. The special Sabbaths -- Section 7. The minor fasts -- Section 8. Kashrut and the dietary laws -- Section 9. A classified terminology (Synagogue-home-prayer-dietary laws-festivals-from the cradle to the grave-education and Hebrew literature-ethics) -- The basic sources of Jewish life and thought -- Section 10. The Bible and its contents -- Section 11. The prayer book -- Section 12. The Talmud -- Section 13. The Midrash -- Section 14. Medieval scholars and writers from Rashi to the Shulchan Aruch -- Hebrew -- Section 15. Alphabet -- vowels -- neginot (accents) -- History -- Section 16. A bird's-eye view of Jewish history: Abraham to the present day -- Chapter one: the first Jewish commonwealth -- Chapter two: the second Jewish commonwealth -- Chapter three: the period of the Rabbis -- Chapter four: the golden age in Spain -- Chapter five: through the darkness of medieval central Europe -- Chapter six: the great centers of Poland and Russia -- Chapter seven: the age of emancipation -- Chapter eight: the Jews in our own day -- An outline of basic Judaism -- Section 17. Chapter one: Judaism -- a definition -- Chapter two: the Jewish teaching about God -- Chapter three: Israel -- Chapter four: the Torah and Jewish law -- Chapter five: the Messiah -- Chapter six: Some other important teachings: (man is free-reward and punishment-sin-repentance-life after death). Subjects; Judaism. Jewish religious education ; Textbooks for adults. Jewish philosophy Study and teaching. Judaism: religion. Genre; Bibliography. 3 Kg.

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