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A Jewish Bookseller’s View

Booksellers View of Jewish Texts. What Makes a Text Jewish. What are Jewish Texts. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

Dealing With Troubling Texts

Troubling Jewish Texts. What Makes a Text Jewish. What are Jewish Texts. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

What Is the Mishnah?

A description of Judaism's primary book of Jewish legal theory.

The Mishnah as a Response to Catastrophe

The Oral Torah reflects an attempt to create an eternal Judaism, unaffected by the setbacks that had afflicted the Jewish people in the preceding two centuries.

About Jewish & Secular Holidays 101

The rhythm of Jewish life is determined by its calendar. Jewish existence is given structure and meaning by the passage of time. There are rituals, celebrations, and holidays that are observed on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.

Yom Kippur 101

The most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

Jewish Death and Mourning 101

What you need to know about Judaism's death, mourning and burial practices

Lifecycle Ritual 101

This covers various topics about the Jewish lifecycle.

Jewish Texts 101

Why Jews are the people of many books.

The Torah

Five books of story, law, and poetry divided into 54 weekly portions.

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