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Book of Legends/Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Legends from the Talmud and Midrash
by Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Y.H. Rawnitzky
The first complete English translation of the Hebrew classic Sefer Ha-Aggadah brings to the English-speaking world the greatest and best-loved anthology of classical Rabbinic literature ever compiled. First published in Odessa in 1908-11, it was recognized immediately as a masterwork in its own right, and reprinted numerous times in Israel. The Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik and the renowned editor Yehoshua Hana... (more)
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Essential Talmud: Thirtieth-anniversary Edition
by Adin Steinsaltz
This expanded version of the classic text on Jewish theology--by the scholar Newsweek called "a genius of the highest order"--demonstrates the contemporary relevance of this proud legacy of the Jewish people The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction to the beliefs, attitudes, and methods of the sacred text by which the Jewish people have lived and survived through the ages-by the renowned... (more)
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The life and times of Jesus the Messiah
by Alfred Edersheim
One of the best known and most important references on the life of Christ ever written, Alfred Edersheim's The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah is a storehouse of information on the background of the New Testament. This classic work successfully portrays the streets, the marketplaces, the religious conflicts, the people, and the places of Jesus' earthly ministry. Edersheim divides his work into five sections,... (more)
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Everyman's Talmud : the major teachings of the rabbinic sages
by A. Cohen
"To some readers of this book, the Talmud represents little more than a famous Jewish book. But people want to know about a book that, they are told, defines Judaism. Everyman's Talmud is the right place to begin not only to learn about Judaism in general but to meet the substance of the Talmud in particular. . . . In time to come, Cohen's book will find its companion-though I do not anticipate it will ever... (more)
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The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Transformation for the Modern Jew
by Arthur Segal, Frank Dunne Jr.
In The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Transformation for the Modern Jew, Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal distills millennia of sage advice into a step-by-step process to recapture your Judaism and your spirituality in a concise easy-to-read and easy to follow manner. If you find yourself wishing to develop a personal relationship with the loving, forgiving God of Judaism Who will give you the... (more)
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A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud
by Rabbi Arthur Segal, Frank Dunne Jr.
In A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud, Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal dissects each of the Torah’s weekly sections (parashot) using the Talmud and other rabbinic texts to show the true Jewish take on what the Torah is trying to teach us. This companion to Rabbi Segal’s The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Transformation for the Modern Jew brings the Torah alive with daily... (more)
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The Hanukkah Book
by Books Cader
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KEHATI 13(XIII) (NEZIKIN 4) AVODA ZARA
by KEHATI
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The Essential Talmud: An Introduction
by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to the great repository of Jewish wisdom, the Talmud. A book of profound scholarship and concise pedagogy, The Essential Talmud succinctly describes the Talmud's history, structure, and methodology. It summarizes the Talmud's main principles, demonstrates its contemporary relevance, and captures the spirit of this unique and paradoxical... (more)
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Hanukkah: A Mini AniMotion Book
by Accord Publishing
Hanukkah employs Accord's New York Times best-selling AniMotion(tm) technology to celebrate the Festival of Lights. This sparkly tribute reveals an entertaining way to introduce youngsters to the traditions associated with the holiday. Animated windows feature flickering menorahs, spinning dreidels, and flipping latkes to celebrate important Jewish traditions associated with Hanukkah. In addition to the book's... (more)
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The Talmud: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)
by Ben Zion Bokser
In the first through the sixth centuries of the common era, successive circles of rabbis in the Holy Land and Babylonia developed Rabbinic Judaism. Transforming the biblical Temple-oriented form of Judaism, they shaped a vision of Judaism centered around the piety of following and studying the Torah to achieve a sense of the divine in this world. This piety entailed both an intellectual and emotional dimension... (more)
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Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism
by Howard Schwartz
Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unrecognized--the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore... (more)
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Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Yerushalmi, and Midrashic Literature
by Marcus Jastrow
A classic and still standard resource, Marcus Jastrow's monumental dictionary remains unique in that it covers both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages in the literature of the rabbinic period. This indispensable dictionary of targumic and rabbinic literature includes thousands of entries in fully vocalized Hebrew and Aramaic, with references to the original texts, clear English definitions, and the full range of... (more)
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Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud: English Full Size, Berachos, Vol. 1 (folios 2a-30b)
by Chaim Malinowitz, Yisroel Simcha Schorr, Gedaliah Zlotowitz
Text: English, Hebrew (translation) Original Language: Hebrew
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The Traditions of the Jews
by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger
A facsimile reprint of the long out-of-print 1748 classic (printed in old-fashioned type script), with a lengthy new introductory essay, Eisenmenger: Father of the European Enlightenment, by Michael A. Hoffman II. Also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography. In 1700, after nineteen years of study and research including with leading rabbis in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, Professor... (more)
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Grow with Gemara
by Haim Perlmutter
A hands-on guide to building better Gemarah skills, developed by a seasoned educator and author of Tools for Tosafos. This new guide provides an easy-to-follow method for understanding the rythm and reason of gemarah.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Talmud
by Aaron Parry
An insightful look at one of the most unusual written works ever created. Compiled centuries ago by a group of wise men as a way to preserve the oral traditions of the Jewish faith, the Talmud has challenged and thrilled some of the world's greatest minds with its complex approach to exploring ideas and subjects from virtually every possible angle. This essential guide makes the ancient text of the "oral Torah"... (more)
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Swimming in the Sea of Talmud
by Michael Katz
If you have found the study of Talmud daunting, Swimming in the Sea of Talmud is a perfect jumping off point for this central body of rabbinic literature; it helps apply the Talmud's lessons to the issues and conflicts of modern life, including business ethics, sexuality, family dynamics, and their connection to a satisfying and meaningful life.
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Understanding the Talmud: A Systematic Guide to Talmudic Structure & Methodology
by Yitzchak Feigenbaum
This excellent study aid isolates and explains many key words, phrases, and structures in Gemara. Large format.
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The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
A classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again....

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