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The spiritual way of Kabbalah has grown from a hidden treasure into a widespread mainstream movement that has helped people from every walk of life, all around the world, to improve their lives. In this bestselling book, Michael Berg of The Kabbalah Centre-the world's leading educational institution teaching the wisdom of Kabbalah-shows you how to recognize and understand the key spiritual laws in order to improve your life and the lives of everyone...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2008.
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1 online resource (392 pages)
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English
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"The Life and Teachings of Hillel provides the most comprehensive treatment ever published of one of the greatest figures in Jewish tradition. Yitzhak Buxbaum weaves together the various stories about Hillel along with his teachings and sayings to develop this ground-breaking portrait, shedding new light on Hillel's illustrious career, fascinating life, and profound teachings. Hillel is one of the most important and popular of the talmudic sages,...
3) Does the soul survive?: a Jewish journey to belief in afterlife, past lives, & living with purpose
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English
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Near-death experiences? Past-life regression? Reincarnation?
Are these sorts of things Jewish?
With a blend of candor, personal questioning, and sharp-eyed scholarship, Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz relates his own observations and the firsthand accounts shared with him by others, experiences that helped propel his journey from skeptic to believer that there is life after life.
From near-death experiences to reincarnation, past-life memory to the work...
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Urim Publications
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (141 pages)
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English
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In this guide, psychologist Michael Salamon offers definitions of abuse and describes signs that should indicate to parents, teachers, and school officials that abuse might be occurring. Basic information about available methods of treatment is provided and the unique cultural conditions in the Orthodox Jewish community that make prevention and treatment so difficult is discussed.--Provided by the publisher.
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
2005
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1.
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1 online resource (278 p.)
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English
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"Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. With a thorough command of modern Yiddish culture as well as its centuries-old history, Jeffrey Shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language....
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1.
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1 online resource (406 p.)
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English
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"The image of the Jewish child hiding from the Nazis was shaped by Anne Frank, whose house-the most visited site in the Netherlands- has become a shrine to the Holocaust. Yet while Anne Frank's story continues to be discussed and analyzed, her experience as a hidden child in wartime Holland is anomalous-as this book brilliantly demonstrates. Drawing on interviews with seventy Jewish men and women who, as children, were placed in non-Jewish families...
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 online resource
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English
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"An introductory textbook that examines how Jews are a culture, ethnicity, nation, nationality, race, and religion. With each chapter revolving around a single theme--Narratives, Sinais, Zions, Messiahs, Laws, Mysticisms, Cultures, Movements, Genocides, Powers, Borders, and Futures--this introductory textbook interrogates readers' understanding of the Jewish community. Written for a new mode of teaching--one that recognizes the core role that identity...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1996.
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1 online resource (344 pages)
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English
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"How does this Jewish history book differ from all others? Instead of burdening the reader with endless details about every single aspect of Jewish history, Pasachoff and Littman provide essential information, easily digested by readers of all ages, that chronicles only the major events and people of the past. The history of the Jews covers a period of over 3,500 years, with an overwhelming number of countries and lands. It is a microcosm of the history...
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
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1 online resource (360 p.)
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English
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"This small, chunky volume presents the witty, wonderful, deadpan and droll insight of the Jewish culture. Chapters on Wisdom, Mitzvahs, Dybbuks, Proverbs, Jokes, Curses, Conventions, Mores (ethics), Love Marriage, Men Women, Children Family provide reflections gleaned from a wealth of ancient, traditional and modern sources. The range of wise observations on the ways of the world, snappy one-liners, stories and expressions captures the spirit of...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1999.
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1 online resource (436 pages)
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English
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"Symbols of the Kabbalah: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives provides a philosophical and psychological interpretation of the major symbols of the theosophical Kabbalah. It shows that the Kabbalah, particularly as it is expressed in the school of Isaac Luria, provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the cosmos, and humanity's role within it, that is intellectually, morally, and spiritually significant for contemporary life."--
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1993.
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1 online resource (704 pages)
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English
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"Three hundred Jewish tales in this extraordinary volume span three continents and four millennia. Culled from traditional sources-the Bible, Talmud, Midrash, hasidic texts, and oral folklore-and retold in modern English by Ellen Frankel, these stories represent the brightest jewels in the vast treasure chest of Jewish lore.Beautifully clothed in contemporary language, these classic tales sparkle with the gentle and insightful humor of the Jewish...
12) Betrayed!
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English
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Betrayed! is the page-turning account of a loving Jewish family caught on divergent prongs of a historic conflict. When Stan Telchin's daughter accepts Jesus as her Messiah, she makes a touching plea for him to search out the truth for himself. Intending to prove her wrong, Telchin sets out on a vigorous and critical examination of the claims of Jesus Christ. He is astonished at what he learns and finds himself facing a wrenching and life-changing...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1995.
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1 online resource (262 pages)
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English
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"Jewish symbols reflect the interaction of word and image within Jewish culture. Jews have always studied, interpreted, and revered sacred texts; they have also adorned the settings and occasions of sacred acts. Calligraphy and ornamentation have transformed Hebrew letters into art; quotation, interpretation, legend, and wordplay have made ceremonial objects into narrative. This book represents just such a collaboration between art and language. Ellen...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1993.
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1 online resource (364 pages)
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English
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"Kantor writes from the perspective of a traditional Jew, covering events such as the Flood, giving of the Torah, and the fall of the Tower of Babel, placing these within the chronology of history along with the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel."--
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1977.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
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"The Mystic Quest explains the major ideas and concepts of Jewish mystical thought in a way that the general reader can clearly understand. Drawing upon his own extensive research as well as on the growing body of scholarly material on the subject, Dr. David Ariel, president of the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, presents the extremely difficult and complex elements of Jewish mysticism in language that makes it accessible to the layperson.Jewish...
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Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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First edition.
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1 online resource (321 pages)
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English
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"When traveling, the great Kabbalist, Rav Yehuda Ashlag would write to his students, providing them with guidance and encouragement. This compilation contains letters that reveal the special relationships cultivated between the great teacher and his students. Their unique style and tone offer inspiration and guidance to any seeker of spiritual advancement. Now that they are out, it is unclear how we could perceive spiritual advancement without them."--...
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Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (46 p.)
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English
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"An exhaustive but simple explanation of each Zodiac Sign according to the teachings of Sepher Yetzirah and Kabbalah. Exclusive illustrations and tables complete with an introduction to the main concepts of Kabbalah: Etz Haim (the Tree of Life), the 10 Sephiroth, and the 22 letters of the Alef-Beit (the Hebrew Alphabet). The e-book introduces the connections between the Signs of the Zodiac, the Letters of the Alef-Beit, the Tribes of Israel, the...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1977.
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1 online resource (336 pages)
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English
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"As an old proverb puts it, 'Two Jews, three opinions.' In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing study that skates along the edge of this theological thin ice_at times verging dangerously close to blasphemy_yet also a source of some of the most poignant and deeply soulful expressions of human...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2000.
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1 online resource (376 pages)
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English
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"This innovative how-to guide and reference book on the Jewish holidays provides a well-rounded foundation for both knowledge and action. Unlike many books of its kind, Celebrate! The Complete Jewish Holidays Handbook is nondenominational and comprehensive in approach. The author includes the historical development, religious importance, and personal significance of each Jewish holy day in a way that is useful to both beginners and those well versed...
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Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1994.
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1 online resource (300 pages)
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English
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"Conversion to Judaism provides information, advice, and support for individuals contemplating conversion to Judaism, as well as those who have converted and the families affected by this decision. With sensitivity and compassion, Lawrence J. Epstein offers an informative volume that warmly welcomes the newcomer to Judaism."--
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