To Be A Jew: A Guide To Jewish Observance In Contemporary LifeThe classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism Embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, To Be a Jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. In simple and powerful language, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin presents the fundamentals of Judaism, including the laws and observances for the Sabbath, the dietary laws, family life, prayer at home and in the synagogue, the major and minor holidays, and the guiding principles and observances of life, such as birth, naming, circumcision, adoption and conversion, Bar-mitzvah, marriage, divorce, death, and mourning. Ideal for reference, reflection, and inspiration, To Be a Jew will by greatly valued by anyone who feels that knowing, understanding, and observing the laws and traditions of Judaism in daily life is the essence of what it means to be a Jew. |
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To be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life Hayim H. Donin No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
adonai elohainu melech Amidah asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav ata adonai elohainu Baruch ata adonai Beit Beth Din Biblical bimah Blessed art Thou bread brit called ceremony child circumcision congregation Deut Diaspora divorce eating elohainu melech ha-olam Exodus faith father festival forbidden ha-olam asher kidshanu halakha hametz Hanukah Hebrew holy Jerusalem Jewish law Judaism Kaddish kashrut Kiddush kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu King kohanim kohen kosher leaven Lord marriage matzah meal meat melech ha-olam asher menorah mezuzah mikvah mitzvah mourning non-Jew observance one's Passover period person Pesach Pidyon HaBen prayer precept Priestly Benediction prohibited Purim rabbi recited religious ritual Rosh Hashana Sabbath Sages sanctified seder Shavuot shiva Shmini Atzeret spiritual succah Succot symbolic synagogue tallit Talmud tefillin Temple Tisha b'Av Torah tradition tzitzit wife worship Yom Kippur אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו אֶת אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ וְעַל יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ עַל
References to this book
Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide Nicholas Robert Michael De Lange,Miri Freud-Kandel No preview available - 2005 |