A guide to Jewish knowledge / by Chaim Pearl and Reuben S. Brookes

Pearl, Chaim (1919-1995)

ISBN 10: 0900498021 / ISBN 13: 9780900498022

Published by London : Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1965

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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Fifth impression, 1978. Physical description; 123 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. Contents; Jewish religious observances -- Section 1. The calendar -- Section 2. The Sabbath -- Section 3. Festivals: -- (a) Pesach (Passover) -- (b) Shavout (feast of weaks) -- (c) Sukkot (Tabernacles) -- Section 4. High festivals: -- (a) Rosh Hashanah (new year) -- (b) Yom Kippur (day of atonement) -- Section 5. Minor festivals: -- (a) Chanukah -- (b) Purim -- (c) Lag Ba'Omer -- (d) Tu B'Shevat (new year for trees) -- (e) Rosh Chodesh (new moon) -- (f) Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel independence day) -- General -- Section 6. The special Sabbaths -- Section 7. The minor fasts -- Section 8. Kashrut and the dietary laws -- Section 9. A classified terminology (Synagogue-home-prayer-dietary laws-festivals-from the cradle to the grave-education and Hebrew literature-ethics) -- The basic sources of Jewish life and thought -- Section 10. The Bible and its contents -- Section 11. The prayer book -- Section 12. The Talmud -- Section 13. The Midrash -- Section 14. Medieval scholars and writers from Rashi to the Shulchan Aruch -- Hebrew -- Section 15. Alphabet -- vowels -- neginot (accents) -- History -- Section 16. A bird's-eye view of Jewish history: Abraham to the present day -- Chapter one: the first Jewish commonwealth -- Chapter two: the second Jewish commonwealth -- Chapter three: the period of the Rabbis -- Chapter four: the golden age in Spain -- Chapter five: through the darkness of medieval central Europe -- Chapter six: the great centers of Poland and Russia -- Chapter seven: the age of emancipation -- Chapter eight: the Jews in our own day -- An outline of basic Judaism -- Section 17. Chapter one: Judaism -- a definition -- Chapter two: the Jewish teaching about God -- Chapter three: Israel -- Chapter four: the Torah and Jewish law -- Chapter five: the Messiah -- Chapter six: Some other important teachings: (man is free-reward and punishment-sin-repentance-life after death). Subjects; Judaism. Jewish religious education ; Textbooks for adults. Jewish philosophy Study and teaching. Judaism: religion. Genre; Bibliography. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A guide to Jewish knowledge / by Chaim Pearl and Reuben S. Brookes
• Publisher: London : Jewish Chronicle Publications
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0900498021
• ISBN 13: 9780900498022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

Title: A Guide To Jewish Knowledge

Author: Chaim Pearl; Reuben Solomon Brookes

Format: Hardcover Book, No. Pages: 132

Publisher: Jewish Chronicle Publications, Cat No: n/a, Year: 1965 Fourth revised edition

The only book of its kind which offers an attractive and simple way to learn and to restudy the basic principles of Judaism. It has been enthusiastically received by schools and classes, youth groups, discussion circles, synagogue guilds and by thousands of laymen. Deals with a comprehensive list of subjects and includes a useful glossary of the more commonly used Hebrew words.

"... The book is excellent ... it gives us a textbook and a ready-reference book in one."—Rabbi David de Sola Pool, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, New York.