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Abraham's Pictures
Peter Davis
Hybrid Publishers
'Your life will end on the twentieth of March next year. I cannot tell you how or where. But I can tell you that it will end.'
So begins an extraordinary journey for Abraham Rosen, middle-aged photographer, who travels in the shadow of this prediction to India, Sri Lanka and England to gradually unravel the secrets which haunt him. His journey is also documented in 40 photos which appear at the end of the book.
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My Mother's Spice Cupboard
Author: Elana Benjamin
Hybrid Publishers
244 pages
Size 155 mm x 233 mm
A journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi
A fascinating chronicle preserving a rich cultural heritage.
Unlike most other Australian Jews, Elana’s parents were born and grew up in Bombay, and her grandparents were from Iraq, Burma and India.
My Mother's Spice Cupboard traces the history of the Baghdadi Jews of Bombay. It is the story of what happened to a community which no longer exists, how its members built new lives in a different country, and what it was like to grow up as one of their children. It's also about how much things have changed over four generations in one family and to what extent upbringing is influenced by culture, language and cuisine.
The themes underlying the story are those of family and community versus individuality; choice versus obligation; and tradition versus modernity. And underlying the entire narrative is the importance of food and cooking, which goes beyond the mere provision of sustenance to express warmth, love and hospitality.
• A family saga over four generations
• Sure to appeal to anyone interested in different cultures, religions and cooking
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One Egg Is A Fortune
by P. Jacobson & J. Kempler, 2011.
edited by Nadine Davidoff
320 pages
The perfect gift!
One Egg Is A Fortune: Memories And Recipes To Share
Fifty well-known Jewish figures from around the world have contributed recipes, biographies and anecdotes, showcasing the diversity of Jewish life.
And while each person tells a unique story, their anecdotes reveal that the enjoyment of food is the common thread that binds us together.
This timeless book presents over 100 delicious recipes with clear, easy-to-follow instructions with stunning food photography by Craig Cranko, sophisticated food styling by Michele Cranston from Marie Claire, The New York Times and other publications, and elegant book design by award winner Melanie Feddersen from i2i Design pty ltd.
Contributors include: Chaim Topol - David Helfgott - Rabbi Shmuely Boteach - Neshama Carlebach - Alan Dershowitz - Dudu Fisher - Dennis Ross and Marlee Matlin
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Paper Bride
Author: Nava Semel
Hybrid Publishers
Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston
Historical, romantic and juicy … a wonderful combination.
Ophira Ben Arieh, the Hebrew Book Club, Chicago. USA
Seen through the eyes of an illiterate twelve-year-old boy, Nava Semel’s moving, at times lyrical fiction explores life in the Palestine of the 1930s – a world where a young Jew is prepared to undertake multiple marriages to threatened East European women for patriotic reasons alone; where a boy’s closest friends are a dog named after his hero Johnny Weissmuller (the screen Tarzan of blessed memory), his brother’s first wife, and the girl next door.
Semel weaves a rich evocation of love and pain and promises, written with eloquent humanity and verve.
“Like in a movie, Nava Semel leads her characters, illuminating scene by scene the different destinies of both the Jewish village people and their Arab neighbors. She presents also the funny sides of the life of these two communities.
A most moving and funny book. Silent sorrow goes through the text, hinting that the characters live under the shadow of the Holocaust.”
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Psalms - Interlinear edition
Author: Rabbi Menachem Davis
414 pages
SKU: ITEPH
Interlinear Tehillim / Psalms - Pocket Size, Hard Cover - The Schottenstein edition
Descriptions don’t do justice to this beautiful new “Interlinear” concept.
Read. Recite. Pray. Understand the words -- and the flow.
How much did you have to move your eye to look at the translation? Not a bit!
How long did it take you to find the translation? No time at all!
Did it interfere with your concentration? No -- it improved it! Comprehension seeps in as you pray.
The great difficulty in this kind of treatment is reading Hebrew from right to left, and English from left to right. How to keep the eye from wandering in both directions and falling prey to confusion?
Look at the page again. The arrows unobtrusively direct your eye in the right direction. It’s a tested, patent-pending method -- and it works!
But the syntax of Hebrew and English are different. Won’t the sentences sometimes be incomprehensible? That’s where the skill of the editors comes in. The comprehension is there. And wherever necessary, the commentary explains the flow of the verse.
In addition, the commentary does what you expect an ArtScroll commentary to do: it explains and clarifies.
Try this new Tehillim soon. You’ll feel elevated!
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A Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788–2008
3rd Edition
Hybrid Publishers
by Serge Liberman
Hard Cover
864 pages, size 175 mm x 245 mm
“…a treasure chest [which] will speed you on an inexorable journey to uncover jewels … a landmark work of scholarship, patience and endless enthusiasm.” Rabbi John S. Levi
This bibliography includes all traceable self-contained books, monographs, pamphlets and chapters from books which in some way pertain to Jews in Australia and New Zealand between 1788 and 2008.
Since the first edition of the bibliography was published over twenty years ago, the author has been working tirelessly to bring it up to date. It is a major work of scholarship, and will provide useful/critical information to readers and researchers wanting to know anything about publications with any connection to Judaism, Jewish people, Jewish themes, history, culture, communal life, education, the Jewish press, architecture and the arts. There is no other single source of the information available in this resource.
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About the author: Born in Russia in 1942, Serge Liberman came to Australia in 1951, where he now works as a medical practitioner. As author of several short-story collections including On Firmer Shores, A Universe of Clowns, The Life That I Have Led, The Battered and the Redeemed and Where I Stand, he has three times received the Alan Marshall Award and has also been a recipient of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. In addition, he is compiler of two previous editions of A Bibliography of Australian Judaica. He has been Editor and Literary Editor of several respected journals and has contributed to many other publications.
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A Blessing of Bread
Author: Maggie Glezer
Format: Hardcover - 336 pages
SKU: ABOB
Blessing of Bread grew out of an interview that author Maggie Glezer conducted with a rabbi's wife about the symbolism of challah, that bakery staple deeply rooted in Jewish traditions.
Captivated by the myriad meanings in every twist of the bread's braid, she spent years doing research and recipe testing.
The result is this landmark guide to the amazing variety of Jewish breads found in communities all over the world, from Guatemala to Russia and everywhere in between.
In it are more than 60 impeccably tested recipes both old and new, for challah and other Sabbath and holiday loaves and an exploration of the rich symbolism of their hisory, the rituals governing their baking and eating, and the sacred texts and commentaries from which these rituals derive.
There are best-ever recipes for babka and honey cake, bagels, matzot, crackers, and everyday breads such as Jewish-deli rye.
It is also loaded with totally unexpected breads that thrill, such as anise, almond, and sesame-studded Moroccan Purim bread; the spiced and leaf-wrapped Ehtiopian bereketei (whole wheat Sabbath bread); and the pitalike nooni honegi of the Bukharan Jews.
Oral histories, ancient legends, shtetl folktales, aphorisms, and proverbs delight and inspire, and stories of grandmothers and great-grandmothers that recall life as it once was complete this volume, the most in-depth and wide-ranging one ever published on the subject.
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A Practical Guide to the Laws of Kashrut
Author: Rabbi Pinchas Cohen
Hardcover | 5.75x8.75 in | 67 pages
SKU: 978159264336
This concise and useful book of Hilchot Kashrut is specially crafted fo the modern Jewish home.
Researched and written by Rabbi Pinchas Cohen, a faculty memeber at Yeshivat Har Etzion in alon Shevut, Israel, it covers a range of frequently asked questions, such as:
*Can one use a dishwasher for both milk and meat dishes?
*What is Glatt Kosher?
A Practical Guide to the Laws of Kashrut is a comprehensive guide for those setting out to make a Kosher kitchen, as well as being a valuable reference for those wanting to be more informed about Kashrut issues.
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A Sense of the Supernatural
by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
Format: Hardcover, 207pp. includes Glossary and In
SKU: GE-ASOS
A selection of personal responsa from Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh to various individuals both Jewish and non-Jewish looking for guidance in understanding special dreams and phenomena in their lives that seem supernatural.
Using his mastery of Kabbalah and Chassidut Harav Ginsburgh's responses and interpretations shed new light on the dreams and events described, and reveal a clear and lucid approach to dealing with the mysteries of life--the moments in which the supernatural seems to enter our senses.
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A Treasury Of Chassidic Tales - Festivals
Author: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin,
Format: Hardcover - 342 Pages
Translated by Uri Kaploun
SKU: TFEH
The most popular work of its kind Sippurei Chassidim is now available to the English-speaking public.
No other work gives such insight into the pre-Holocaust chassidic world of Eastern Europe as seen through the eyes of a major Rabbinic and chassidic figure.
Arranged according to the festivals. Complete in one volume.
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Anatomy of the Soul
by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
Format: Hardcover, 144pp
SKU: GE-AOTS
This book is based on a pamphlet by the same name that has been out of print for many years. It is an important contribution to the creation of a psychology and therapeutic techniques based purely on the Divine wisdom of the Torah and specifically its inner dimensions of Kabbalah and Chassidut.
By offering a structured review and explanation of the psyche and its place in the larger and more complex super-structure of the soul, this volume provides a foundational guide for mental and spiritual health practitioners as well as for those wishing to deepen their understanding of Kabbalah and Chassidut.
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And The Rat Laughed
by Nava Semel
Hybrid Publishers
Through story, legend, poems, science fiction and diary entries, this unusual and gripping tale will carry you through darkness and light, hope and despair – and a unique exploration of the act of memory itself.
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Be A Mensch
Anthology Compiled by Dr. Moshe Kaplan
Format: Paperback | 128 pages
SKU: 433-3
Be a Mensch: Why Good Character Is the Key to a Life of Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Love
An Anthology Compiled by Dr. Moshe Kaplan
Introduction by Sara Yoheved Rigler, Author of Holy Woman and Lights from Jerusalem
A Truly Holistic Approach by Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, Founder and Medical Director Emeritus of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center, and the author of over thirty books on personal growth
But Will Good Character Pay My Bills? by Howard Jonas, Founder and CEO of IDT Corporation
The Cooperative Character by Professor Robert J. Aumann, Winner of the 2005 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Psycho-Neuro-Immunology: Health, Character, and Spirituality – The Science Connecting Body and Mind by Dr. Yakir Kaufman, Head of Neurology at Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem
Creating the Jewish Voice by Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
The Song of the Soul by Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, PhD Former professor of mathematical logic at Johns Hopkins University and senior lecturer of Jewish Philosophy at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem
Psychological Benefits of Good Character by Judith Mishell, PhD, Clinical psychologist, author of Beyond Your Ego
The Golden Path: On Being a Mensch by Dr. Moshe Kaplan, MD, Physician, investment banker, and author of A Wholly Life
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Eshkolot:Essays in Memory of Rabbi Ronald Lubofsky
Hybrid Publishers
Australian Jewish writers
Rabbi, historian and educator, Ronald Lubofsky AM was born and educated in London.
He was Chief Minister of the St Kilda Synagogue, Melbourne for twenty-five years before taking an early retirement to pursue his multitude of interests.
He was the founder, mentor and Life President of the Jewish Museum of Australia, a founder and President of the Council of Christians and Jews, the founder and President of the Melbourne Jewish Male Voice Choir and a founder of the Victorian Bookbinders Association.
He was associated with Mt Scopus Memorial College for many years, both as a teacher, board member and President of the Board of Governors.
He was a gifted teacher and speaker, possessed of a magnificent bass baritone voice, and was a devotee of all types of music.
As a passionate Jew with a humane and compassionate outlook on life, he had a warm and wonderful sense of humour and was never without a twinkle in his eyes.
A book collector since childhood, his vast library was his greatest pleasure and a valuable community resource.
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God According to God
Author: Gerald Schroeder
Published June 2009
Format: Hardcover | 256 pages
SKU: 978006171015
In this groundbreaking exploration, a biblical scholar and M.I.T.-trained physicist combines decades of research to change the debate between religion and science, presenting a new paradigm of how to understand God.
Gerald Schroeder has spent his career revealing the hand of God in the intricate discoveries of physics. Now, for the first time, he turns his attention to this force, examining both the Bible and the physical world to discover the true nature of God—God according to God.
Schroeder argues that we have ignored those traits of God we find unappealing, replacing them with our personal desire for the all-knowing, all-loving, never-changing deity that so many worship today. This leads to the age-old problem: How can there be such a God when the world is filled with tragedy? Yet Schroeder reveals that this troubling juxtaposition is really smoke and mirrors. The God revealed in the Bible is 100 percent compatible with the world as we know it today. It is our misconception of God that causes the disparity. In fact, the concept of God that atheists rail against and that believers defend is inaccurate.
In God According to God, Schroeder presents a compelling case for the true God, a dynamic God who is still learning how to relate to creation. The key to God's action in the world, according to Schroeder, can be found in a well-known verse in Exodus that is typically translated "I am that which I am." Schroeder's correction that it should be translated "I will be that which I will be" reveals a God that changes to fit the ever-changing world.
This opens our eyes to other characteristics of God that we have long overlooked despite their being present in some of the most popular stories in the Bible—a God who regrets (the flood of Noah), a God who wants us to argue with Him (Jacob wrestling with God in the desert), and thus a God who changes His mind (Moses convinces God to spare the Israelite people), and a God who allowed nature, and the creation itself, from the very start, to rebel (Adam's and Eve's betrayal in Eden).
With riveting chapters on the origins of life, a scientist's view of creation, and the unique place of our planet in the galaxy, God According to God offers a radical paradigm shift that will forever change how we understand God.
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Here You Are
by Tziporah Heller
Format: Hard Cover / 256 pages
SKU: 4965
Renowned, respected, and beloved, Rebetzin Tziporah Heller is a sought-after lecturer and teacher and this book, bursting with wisdom and insight, will show you why thousands live by her teachings.
With wit and gentle guidance, she explores day-to-day life, taking the reader into a different dimension of existence, where moments count and a rich, spirituality-oriented life is within every person's grasp.
Laced with personal anecdotes, stories, an abundance of material on the holidays and other core concepts in Judaism, this book is a great way to begin the change within you've wanted to embark upon for so long!
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Heroes of Spirit: 100 Rabbinic Tales of the Holocaust
Author: Rabbi Dovid Hoffman
SKU: 978160091100
Finally, a volume that focuses, not on the horrors of WWII, but rather on the response of rabbis, lay leaders and ordinary people, who came face-to-face with extraordinary crises of epic proportions.
Read and be inspired by the heroism of the human spirit, tempered by the wisdom and the values of the eternal Torah.
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I Only Want to Get Married Once
Author: Chana Levitan
Format: Paperback | 160 pages
SKU: 498-2
For 22 years, Chana Levitan has been educating, mentoring, and enlightening people about how to find real potential in their relationships.
Her classes on the topic are standing-room only. With this book, she is finally sharing her knowledge with a bigger audience.
You ll find a smart, clear relationship guide with 10 essential questions that need to be asked before and during the dating process in order to spot long-term potential.
Filled with real-life anecdotes and insightful dating advice, these chapters will help you better understand yourself and what you really need to succeed in building a loving marriage. There is no rule that heartbreak must be a prerequisite for good judgment!
I Only Want to Get Married Once will help you get it right the first time and gain the confidence to steer through the decision making process of dating.
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Kashrus in the Kitchen Q & A
by Rabbi A. Wiesenfeld
Binding: Hard Cover / 240 pages
SKU: 4949
Kashrus in the Kitchen Q & A
Finally--the book the cook (and all other family members!) has long awaited. This question-and-answer guide takes the guesswork out of kashrus. With clear, authoritative answers to real-life questions, you'll feel that the author has been listening in on your kitchen when you read this comprehensive book.
Can a microwave be kashered? What happens when milk spills into a batch of chicken? How many hours do children need to wait between milk and meat? What happens to dishes of dairy and meat washed in the same sink with hot water? And, of course, can challah baked in a meat oven be eaten with cheese?
This book is a must for every kitchen, an answer to every kashrus prayer for the scholar and layman alike. With extensive footnotes and a thorough index.
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Nefesh Shimshon
by Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus
Format: Hard Cover / 323 pages
SKU: 4970
He captivated audiences around the world with his brilliant lectures, and now, for the first time in English, Rav Pincus's discourses relating to Kedushas Shabbos are available in one illuminating volume.
Meticulously prepared for this written edition, these essays not only capture the personal, dynamic spirit of his oral presentations, but also the essence, meaning, and purpose of Shabbos.
Filled with marvelous insights into Chazal, wonderful parables, and first-hand experiences, these heartwarming pages are able to touch the heart, raise the spirits, and change the lives of any who read this inspiring volume.
Also included: a special section where you personally accompany Rav Pincus on Shabbos to observe and learn from his own unique practices. Read Nefesh Shimshon and rekindle the joy, delight, kedusha and brochah that Shabbos has to offer
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Not Paradise
by Anna Rosner Blay
Hybrid Publishers
How do you live through traumatic experiences and survive them?
What sort of courage does it take to confront a past of loss and suffering, and still find the strength and resilience to make a new start?
Through the parallel stories of new beginnings by four women survivors of the Holocaust living in Australia, and that of the author's search to create a new life after the breakdown of her marriage, the process of transition is evocatively told by Anna Rosner Blay.
Despite individual struggles and grief, across the generations each woman has found a way of continuing to live a life of hope and fulfilment.
Highly recommended.
Anna Rosner Blay's previous book was the critically acclaimed 'Sister, Sister'.
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Praying with Fire - 2
by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman
SKU: PWF2H
The first volume of Praying with Fire was that rare book that captured people's hearts and minds, that ignited their imaginations and inspired their souls.
With its breathtaking combination of spirituality and scholarship, and its practical five-minutes-a-day approach to understanding and improving our prayers, it created a quiet revolution in the prayers of the tens of thousands of readers who made it a not-to-be-missed part of their daily routine.
Praying with Fire 2 takes that revolution to an even higher level. In Praying with Fire 2 we continue our daily five-minute investment , as we learn how to deepen our connection to Hashem, how to use our prayers to strengthen our faith and use our faith to strengthen our prayers.
Tefillah becomes a vehicle that helps us understand ourselves and the times we live in, as we come to understand how prayer fits into our own lives as well as Hashem's eternal plan. And of course, with its emphasis on the practical elements of praying with kavannah, with focus, fervor and intent, we are given the strategies we need to pray better - and to have our prayers accepted in heaven.
Praying with Fire 2 broadens the important lessons that began with the bestselling Praying with Fire. These are lessons that will show us how to take the words of prayer that we said by rote and ignite them, lessons that show us how to change the mumbled words of habitual tefillos and turn them into a true conversation with the Divine.
And all in five minutes a day.
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Radical Responsibility
Michael J. Harris, Daniel Rynhold & Tamra Wright
Hardcover | 300 pages
SKU: 978159264366
Celebrating one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our time, Radical Responsibility brings together thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought to explore the intellectual legacy of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
Centred on the fundamental themes of his work, ethics, justice, religion, and leadership this collection advances Rabbi Sacks' lifelong quest to bridge Torah and secular wisdom, highlighting the relevance of the Jewish tradition to the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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Raising Kids To Love Being Jewish
Author: Doron Kornbluth
Format: Hardcover
SKU: K-RKTH
Jewish parents want their kids to ...
Feel great about themselves AND love being Jewish
Be happy kids AND excited about the Jewish holidays
Be outgoing AND enthusiastic about Jewish activities
In Raising Kids to Love Being Jewish, parents learn how to:
*Build a home conducive to fostering Jewish pride
*Direct children's natural curiosity to the wonder of being Jewish
*Speak honestly and openly about Jewish beliefs and practices
*Celebrate Jewish holidays in ways that aren't overwhelming for the family yet convey the rich magic of these special times
*Instill a deep and lasting love for Judaism and being Jewish
Doron Kornbluth, a highly successful Jewish Family Coach and one of the most sought-after speaker and educators on the Jewish scene today, presents clear principles, easy-to-implement strategies and practical tips that will help you raise children (and grandchildren) who embrace their identity, value being knowledgeable young Jews and genuinely love being Jewish.
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Snapshots from our Lives
Snapshots from our Lives
Hybrid Publishers
The 50-odd stories in this book provide unique and privileged glimpses into the lives of a diverse group of Jewish adults, all members of an organisation, B'nai B'rith Melbourne Mitzvah Lodge.
Some writers, it is clear, spent a carefree youth in Australia. For others the early years of life proved far more difficult and complex, for example in war-torn Europe.
The more than 50 stories in this book represent the harvest that was ultimately reaped.
Collectively they provide unique and privileged glimpses into the lives of a diverse group of adults. Some writers, it is clear, spent a carefree youth in Australia.
For others the early years of life proved far more difficult and complex, for example in war-torn Europe. Backgrounds or circumstances which prompted decisions to travel to distant shores are recounted, as are examples of the many lessons to be learnt and hurdles to be surmounted on arrival in Australia.
There are stories in which authors share significant moments, people, or events in their lives. In brief, many different voices are represented in this collection.
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Soul to Soul & In the Cleft in the Rock - double order
by Deborah Masel
Price is for both books
Buy two of Debbie Masel's special books in one order.
SOUL TO SOUL
When she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2007, Deborah Masel’s life collapsed.
Two and a half years later, her struggle to find meaning in the shadowy world of terminal disease induced her to write not only of her cancer experience, but of threads from the past that were woven into the fabric of this ‘final curtain’.
In her search for comfort and meaning, Deborah found that the world of cancer was dominated by stories of physical survival, which was assumed to constitute “victory”.
Yet her most treasured teacher, a Torah scholar who perished in the Holocaust, had through the text he left behind awakened her to the meaning of spiritual victory.
If he could keep his disciples focussed on God while the Nazis did all they could to brutalize and dehumanize them, surely she could stay focussed and not panic even when the cancer threatened to devour her. Her challenge was to accept the fact of death without losing her love for this dappled world and for the glory of its passing days.
“I know it will mean a lot – as much as a book can mean – to a lot of people”.
– James Kugel, author of How to Read the Bible, Professor Emeritus of Classical and Modern Hebrew Literature at Harvard University
“…an extraordinary spiritual memoir of one woman's struggle with life and death. Debbie Masel writes of her life with cancer with a rare and passionate truthfulness, in which fear, pain, humor and a profound engagement with her Jewish faith all find their place. The rich humanity of her writing makes for compelling reading.”
– Avivah Zornberg , author of Genesis: The Beginning of Desire
IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK - Writings on the Five Books of Moses
Deborah Masel’s work is vitally haunted. Haunted by texts and images, which achieve their own life in her prose poems. Drawing from a rich imaginative knowledge of midrashic and hassidic commentary on the Bible, she creates a personal mythology of death and life, darkness and light, void and meaning. Passionately searching, her words draw together fragments of hidden beauty.
I met Debbie in 2003 at the Nahum Goldman seminar in Melbourne. She was in the early stages of a new career as a teacher of Torah. Avid for learning, she sought out every opportunity, including weekly telephone study sessions with teachers in the US and encounters with visiting scholars. I was impressed by her passion and by her literary sensibility and we began a weekly email correspondence which continues till now. We write mostly, but not entirely, about our work on the weekly Parsha. Over the years, I have witnessed Debbie’s maturing authority, as she has become a beloved and respected teacher of Torah, affecting increasingly large audiences with her resonant poetic voice.
Now, we have an opportunity to read a collection of Debbie’s written reflections on the Parsha. These were written in tandem with her oral presentations. They represent in condensed and often brilliant form the nodal images that emerge from the midrashic literature. Sensuously evocative, these images inform an associative language in which paradox and mystery give birth to unforeseen wisdom. Here, Wallace Stevens, Thomas Mann, and Bob Dylan find themselves in a new world. And here, the inner life of a complex modern Jewish woman reaches out to many other lives seeking for more life.
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The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath
by Senator Joe Lieberman
Published August 2011
Hardcover: 240 pages
The Sabbath is a gift that Senator Joe Lieberman, as an observant Jew, received from his parents who, in turn, received it from their parents, who received it from generations of Jews before them.
According to ancient tradition, the line of transmission extends back to Moses at Mt. Sinai, who received the Sabbath as the fourth of the Ten Commandments.
In this book, Lieberman will offer the gift of Sabbath observance—a gift that has anchored, ordered, and inspired his life—to readers of all faiths.
In the past century, the Sabbath has fallen on hard times. It is thought of as just another day or as a time to squeeze in some extra errands or recreation that you may have missed during the workweek. The weekend passes in a blur of often meaningless activity. Combining personal and political memoir with history and broadly informed religious reflection, this book is a practical how-to guide, with simple suggestions for introducing the Sabbath into your own life. It will be a very personal book, yet also one animated by reflections on history and larger social trends. It will also include profound reflections of both classical and modern Jewish sages, from the Talmud and the ancient Jewish prayer book, the Siddur, to Maimonides, to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rabbi Soloveitchik.
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The Kleinman Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
"Will enhance observance of Jewish law for generations to come." "This is a breakthrough that belongs in every home and library."
Since 1864, Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried's Kitzur Shulchan Aruch has been one of the world's most widely used Halachic guides for daily Jewish living. No work of Halachah has been reprinted so many times in so many countries.
Now ArtScroll / Mesorah has embarked on a major project to present a clear, authoritative, definitive treatment of this classic text, presenting "the Kitzur" in the same universally acclaimed format as ArtScroll's Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud.
The finished work will be a five-volume set featuring:
-Fully vowelized text of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, based on the author's own corrected Lemberg edition of 1884
Crisp, clear translation appropriate for student and scholar alike
-ArtScroll's trademark phrase-by-phrase elucidation with explanatory notes
-Original editorial glosses from Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried
-Detailed appendices
A special major feature that will make this an even more useful Halachic guide:
This edition lists important rulings of two of the last century's most widely studied halachic authorities, when they differ from the Kitzur:
• Mishnah Berurah, the Chafetz Chaim's authoritative commentary on Orach Chaim
• Igros Moshe, the monumental responsa of the Posek Hador, HaGaon Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l.
With these vitally important additions, The Kleinman Edition of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch / Code of Jewish Law will be a valuable and useful resource to all.
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The Kuzari
Author: Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi
Format: Hard Cover / 723 pages
SKU: 4871
Take a front seat in the debate arena as the sharpest minds debate on the fundamentals of religion, faith, and a diverse range of basic Jewish concepts.
It took the esteemed 12th-century sage, Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi twenty years to complete this work.
In its unique question-and-answer format it records an ongoing dialogue between the 8th-century king of the Khazars and a Rabbi.
The depth and scope of the ideas discussed in this book are nothing short than brilliant, and the reader cannot help but be awed at the authoritative, wide-ranging virtuosity of Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi as "the rabbi" in the debate confidently repudiates the arguments of Judiasm's detractors and demonstrates the superiority of Torah over any other religion or belief system.
This new edition includes an improved Engish translation and commentary along with a vowelized Ibn Tibbon Hebrew translation of the original Arabic, and a beautiful layout making this the most readable translation of The Kuzari.
Discover it for yourself!
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The Mystery of You: A journey through the paradoxes of life
by Ron Goldschlager & Adin Steinsaltz
Hybrid Publishers
Paintings by Victor Majzner
408 pages (hardback)
The Mystery of You is a thought-provoking look at ourselves and how we live our lives. It contains a rich tapestry of ideas, beliefs and experiences, challenging the reader in many ways by confront¬ing everyday issues, but always remaining interesting and easy to read.
Many questions are discussed, for example:
What is happening to humanity?
What kind of individuals and communities are we producing?
What have morality and ethics got to do with everyday living?
Where can we find some clues that will give us a head start in our own journey through the maze of living?
The first part of The Mystery of You is written by Ron Goldschlager, a successful businessman and communal identity who cares deeply about humanity and our world.
The second part is a series of articles by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, a philosopher, scholar, educator, advisor to many high-profile international leaders and prolific writer of over 70 books.
Accompanying and complementing the text is a wonderful collection of paintings by Victor Majzner, some produced especially for this work. They are inspiring and colourful illustrations of the important themes in this book.
In a positive and easy-to-digest manner, this book explores Jewish thought and belief, and offers a practical and creative perspective on eternal issues. It consists of seven chapters: Ageing; Belief and Bureaucracy; Continuity; Behaviour; Water and Life with Numbers; This is About Happiness; Science or Religion and Religion or Science.
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The NEW, Expanded ArtScroll Siddur
Author: Rabbi Nosson Scherman (Author)
Format: Hardcover
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz (Editor)
SKU: SAEH
For a generation, the original ArtScroll Siddur has been the unchallenged Siddur of choice across the English-speaking world.
Now -- for a new generation -- the new, expanded ArtScroll Siddur inaugurates a new era of excellence, beauty, user friendliness, and added features. And with same classic ArtScroll "look" and page numbers, it enables congregations and families to retain the original ArtScroll Siddur while upgrading to the Siddur that will be the standard for the next generation.
The new Siddur has been revised and completely re-typeset, and, thanks to new fonts and state-of-the-art technique and technology, the type is larger and clearer, yet the page size remains the same.
Here are some of its more than 100 pages of new additional features:
An original new Overview Yom Kippur Kattan
Megillas Esther, Ruth and Koheles
Perek Shirah
Six Constant Mitzvos
Iggeres HaRamban
Prayer of the Holy Sh'lah
Prayer at the Holy places in Israel
A new special section: The Laws, Customs, and Prayers in the Land of Israel
and it has the high-quality paper and extra-sturdy reinforced side-binding you expect from ArtScroll
The WASSERMAN EDITION OF THE NEW, EXPANDED ARTSCROLL SIDDUR is an unparalleled enhancement of your Tefillah experience. Make it a part of your home, synagogue and personal service of the heart!
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The Oral Law of Sinai
by Rabbi Berel Wein
SKU: 978047019755
Written by the Orthodox historian Rabbi Berel Wein, The Oral Law of Sinai is an extraordinary and beautifully illustrated book that explores the Talmud—a law book that is a faithful transmission of the Oral Law of Sinai. As Rabbi Wein explains, the Talmud is two separate books comprising the Oral Law. This work offers an explanation of the first book of the Talmud, the Mishnah.
Rabbi Wein guides the reader through the mysteries of the Mishnah that detail ethical principles and moral values. It is also filled with legends and stories of psychological and historical observations. The Mishnah discusses medicine, pharmacology, dreams, botany, astronomy and mathematics, as well as human and animal biology. There is nothing about human existence, nothing about life, humans, nature, spirituality or physicality that is a taboo subject. All is Torah; all is holiness.
The Oral Law of Sinai is replete with humor, irony, pathos, soaring optimism and cold hearted realism, its drama emerges from the give and take of intensive scholarly debate and unending questioning, problem solving, and hypotheses.
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Transfused with Hope
by B. Berger
Format: Hard Cover / 232 Pages
SKU: 978160091074
A medical drama in real life! Parents celebrate the birth of a bouncing baby boy, only to discover that a mystery illness threatens his life, and no doctor can diagnose what it is!
Follow their journey of superhuman strength, together with rock-solid emunah and bitachon, in the race to find the cure for their little baby.
Guaranteed to leave its readers "transfused with hope".
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Whither Thou Goest - The Jewish In-Laws' Survival Guide
by Sorah Shapiro
Format: Harcover, 268 Pages
Here are successful strategies for surviving In-Laws and becoming a great In-Law. This invaluable guide explores the most common points of friction between In-Laws, how to avoid them and how to overcome them. Includes words of advice and solace from psychologists, lawyers, rabbis and those with years of In-Law experience.
If you're getting married or already married you probably need this book.
Sample Chapters
o Modern-day Areas of Marital Conflict Dr. David Pelcovitz
o How to Make Peace with Your Mother-in-law Becky Sweat
o Obeying the Keep Out! Sign Rabbi Avigdor Miller
o He's Mine; No, He's MINE Rebbetzin Feige Twerski
o When In-laws are Not on the Same Page Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
o Is It Possible to Always Get Along? Rabbi Simcha Feuerman and Chaya Feuerman
o What is the Halacha of In-laws? Rabbi Michael J. Broyde
o In-laws: A Problem That Need Not Exist? Rabbi Reuven AP. Bulka
o The Limits of Respecting In-laws Rabbi Eli J. Mansour
o You're Not Marrying Her Family; Or Are You? Rabbi Avraham Bleich
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o Building a Wholesome In-law Relationship
o Case Histories from a Daughter-in-law's Perspective
o Ten Commandments for a Daughter-in-law
o 10 Tips for Getting Along with Your In-laws
And much, much more…
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Who Knew?
Author: Jack Cooper (Forward by Berel Wein)
The perfect present!
SKU: 476-0
Did you know that the great Jewish sage and physician Maimonides practiced medicine while lying flat on his back?
That a famous passage penned by George Washington was actually the work of a rabbi?
That a Jewish athlete represented Nazi Germany in its infamous 1936 Olympic Games?
That Yasser Arafat was made by the KGB?
These and many more such intriguing stories make up Jack Cooper’s fascinating collection of historical windows on the life of the Jews.
Covering biblical times through to today, these unusual vignettes on the sidelines of history come together to form a story that is anything but a sideline, depicting a resourceful people who have survived and thrived despite the worst history has thrown at them.
Whether you read it straight through, or pick out individual stories to read as the mood strikes, you’re in for a captivating read!
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