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Living Jewish Values, Practices and Traditions By Rabbi Berel Wein (Author)  List Price: $24.99 Online Discount: 20% You Pay Only: $19.99 Catalog #: LIJH ISBN-10: 1578197538 ISBN-13: 9781578197538 Binding: Hardcover / Pages: 302 Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches / Weight: 1.40 LBS Published: by Shaar Press In Stock?: YES Quantity:  1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950

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Rabbi Berel Wein once again exhibits his admirable talent for clear, lucid explanation in this highly informative work. Though each chapter is brief, the sweep of the book is broad – exploring life-cycle events from birth through death, the Jewish view of family life and values, character refinement, Sabbath, holidays and specific religious practices.
An enriching reading experience, Living Jewish enables every reader to find deeper meaning in Jewish traditions and reconnect with the ancient values that have found new expression in the modern era.
Rabbi Wein is well known as a historian, raconteur, lecturer and author of numerous works on Jewish history and Jewish thought. His enlightening and entertaining style will captivate your interest, and his inspiring insights will add meaning to your life.

Table of Contents

Introduction

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Table of Contents

Foreword

• 1. Birth
• 2. The Covenant of Abraham: Brit
• 3. Redeeming the Firstborn Son: Pidyon HaBen
• 4. Bat Mitzvah
• 5. Bar Mitzvah
• 6. The Wedding
• 7. Death in Jewish Tradition
• 8. The Funeral: Saying Good-bye
• 9. The Annual Yarzheit: Memorial Days
• 10. Immortality

• 11. Marriage
• 12. Intimacy
• 13. Children
• 14. Divorce

• 15. Ethics
• 16. Kosher Food
• 17. Tallit and Tzitzit
• 18. Tefillin
• 19. Mezuzah

• 20. The Morning Prayer: Shacharit
• 21. The Afternoon Prayer: Minchah
• 22. The Evening Prayer: Maariv
• 23. Cantors
• 24. The Blessing of Dew
• 25. Kaddish

• 26. A Bit of History: Sabbath and the Immigrant Experience
• 27. The Candles of Sabbath
• 28. The Sabbath Table
• 29. Sabbath Clothing
• 30. The Day of Rest
• 31. Havdalah

• 32. Measuring Time
• 33. The Names of the Jewish Months
• 34. Rosh Hashanah
• 35. New Year’s Greetings
• 36. Apples and Honey
• 37. Tashlich
• 38. Shabbat Shuvah
• 39. Yom Kippur
• 40. The Joy of Succot
• 41. Intermediate Days of Holidays: Chol Hamoed
• 42. Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
• 43. Chanukah
• 44. The Hasmoneans
• 45. The Tenth of Tevet
• 46. The Fast of Esther
• 47. Purim
• 48. Passover and The Spring Calendar
• 49. Selling the Chametz
• 50. Matzoh Shmurah
• 51. “Machine” Matzoh
• 52. Legumes on Passover: Kitnayot
• 53. The Seder
• 54. Sefirah
• 55. Lag B’Omer
• 56. Shavuot: A Sleepless Night
• 57. Cheese and Flowers
• 58. The Seventeenth of Tamuz
• 59. The Three Weeks
• 60. “The Sabbath of Stark Vision:” Shabbat Chazon
• 61. The Ninth of Av
• 62. National Memorial Days

• 63. Subduing Anger
• 64. Kindness
• 65. Justice
• 66. Truth

• 67. Schools
• 68. Yeshivot
• 69. Schools for Women

• 70. Jewish Law, Halachah
• 71. Intellectual Honesty
• 72. Modesty
• 73. Jewish Hats
• 74. Respect
• 75. Meditation and Isolation
• 76. Faith and Miracles
• 77. Biblical Heroes
• 78. Words of Prophecy
• 79. Why We Travel
• 80. Music
• 81. The Arts
• 82. Sports
• 83. Ecology
• 84. Animal Rights
• 85. Bigotry and Hatred
• 86. Tempered Joy
• 87. The Temple Mount
• 88. The Greatest Anti-Semitic Myth
• 89. Being Jewish in a Non-Jewish World
• 90. Israel