Chaim Vital's Books

Rechovot Ha-Daat - Expansions of Knowledge

By: Chaim ben Joseph Vital,Isaac Luria

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Rechovot Ha-Daat - Expansions of Knowledge

By: Chaim ben Joseph Vital,Isaac Luria

Expansions of Knowledge by Chaim Vital is the companion book of Explanation of Knowledge (Derush Ha-Daat), which contains the recording of the teachings by the Arizal concerning his overall system. Expansions of Knowledge further details the Lurianic system and includes over 30 additional unique drawings. The uniqueness of this book relies in the explanations about writing the Name of YHWH and Holy Names in general. The Shofer (scribe) as well as the practicing kabbalist must know the deep significance behind the mere act of writing, for they need to channel the proper "light" to make the word alive. Holy Names do not work if they are not animated by the proper Intentions and Prayers. Indeed, they can cause harm, if used improperly

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Euniversity.Pub

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8894956881

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The Gates of November

By: Chaim Potok

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The Gates of November

By: Chaim Potok

REMARKABLE . . . A WONDERFUL STORY." --The Boston Globe The father is a high-ranking Communist officer, a Jew who survived Stalin's purges. The son is a "refusenik," who risked his life and happiness to protest everything his father held dear. Now, Chaim Potok, beloved author of the award-winning novels The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev, unfolds the gripping true story of a father, a son, and a conflict that spans Soviet history. Drawing on taped interviews and his harrowing visits to Russia, Potok traces the public and privates lives of the Slepak family: Their passions and ideologies, their struggles to reconcile their identities as Russians and as Jews, their willingness to fight--and die--for diametrically opposed political beliefs. "[A] vivid account . . . [Potok] brings a novelist's passion and eye for detail to a gripping story that possesses many of the elements of fiction--except that it's all too true." --San Francisco Chronicle

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Ballantine Books

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0307575519

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9780307575517

Jewish Baby Boomers

A Communal Perspective

By: Chaim I. Waxman

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Jewish Baby Boomers

A Communal Perspective

By: Chaim I. Waxman

This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obtained from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the book begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers. Realizing that America's Jews are both a religious and ethnic group, a comparison is made with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. The religious patterns of the Jewish baby boomers and their ethnic patterns are examined in-depth, and placed within the larger contexts of the modern or post-modern character of religion and ethnicity. The book's extensive presentation of detailed quantitative data is consistently complemented by qualitative examinations of their communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community.

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State University of New York Press

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079149151X

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9780791491515

Child Labor in America

A History

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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Child Labor in America

A History

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

At the close of the 19th century, more than 2 million American children under age 16--some as young as 4 or 5--were employed on farms, in mills, canneries, factories, mines and offices, or selling newspapers and fruits and vegetables on the streets. The crusaders of the Progressive Era believed child labor was an evil that maimed the children, exploited the poor and suppressed adult wages. The child should be in school till age 16, they demanded, in order to become a good citizen. The battle for and against child labor was fought in the press as well as state and federal legislatures. Several federal efforts to ban child labor were struck down by the Supreme Court and an attempt to amend the Constitution to ban child labor failed to gain enough support. It took the Great Depression and New Deal legislation to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (and receive the support of the Supreme Court). This history of American child labor details the extent to which children worked in various industries, the debate over health and social effects, and the long battle with agricultural and industrial interests to curtail the practice.

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McFarland

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0786473495

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Shemoneh Esrei

The Amidah

By: Avrohom Chaim Feuer

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Shemoneh Esrei

The Amidah

By: Avrohom Chaim Feuer

In this warm and informative book, the author brings his deft touch and great sensitivity to the foremost prayer of the day. Every phrase of Shemoneh Esrei is treated with selections from thousands of years of Jewish thought. It's a masterful blend of ideas, anecdotes, and inspiration.

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Mesorah Publications

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0899066038

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Building SimCity

How to Put the World in a Machine

By: Chaim Gingold

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Building SimCity

How to Put the World in a Machine

By: Chaim Gingold

A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing. Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn about cities, appropriating ideas from traditions in which computers are used as tools for modeling and thinking about the world as a complex system. As such, SimCity is a microcosm of the histories and cultures of computer simulation that engages with questions, themes, and representational techniques that reach back to the earliest computer simulations. Gingold uses SimCity to explore a web of interrelated topics in the history of technology, software, and simulation, taking us far and wide—from the dawn of programmable computers to miniature cities made of construction paper and role-play. An unprecedented history of Maxis, the company founded to bring SimCity to market, the book reveals Maxis’s complex relations with venture capitalists, Nintendo, and the Santa Fe Institute, which shaped the evolution of Will Wright’s career; Maxis’s failure to back The Sims to completion; and the company’s sale to Electronic Arts. A lavishly visual book, Building SimCity boasts a treasure trove of visual matter to help bring its wide-ranging subjects to life, including painstakingly crafted diagrams that explain SimCity’s operation, the Kodachrome photographs taken by Charles Eames of schoolchildren making model cities, and Nintendo’s manga-style “Dr. Wright” character design, just to name a few.

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MIT Press

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0262547481

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9780262547482

Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

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Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

Offers a complete sociological perspective of Jews and Jewish life in Israel from 1948 to the present.

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UPNE

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1584653272

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9781584653271

The War of Atonement

The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War

By: Chaim Herzog

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The War of Atonement

The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War

By: Chaim Herzog

This is the authoritative account of the Israeli army’s performance in the bitter Yom Kippur War of 1973. The origins of the war amid the turbulent history of competing powers in the Middle East are fully explored, as is the build-up of Arab forces that almost inexplicably caught Israel by surprise. The author then provides a gripping narrative of the conflict itself, punctuated by firsthand accounts and interviews with combatants. The War of Atonement is full of drama and tales of inspirational bravery, as Israel defied the odds to defeat the two-pronged invasion. An analysis of the political implications of the conflict bring this epic tale to a close. For this edition Chaim Herzog’s son, Brigadier General Michael Herzog, has written an introduction which places the book in the context of his father’s achievements and gives a revealing insight into the man himself. This is the most comprehensive work on a conflict that has had major implications for our own troubled times.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510738800

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9781510738805

Swinging in the Rain

By: Chaim Bermant

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Swinging in the Rain

By: Chaim Bermant

During the war, while others fought, Hesketh planned, as a chocolate manufacturer, to put an end to world strife: Inter-Choc, a world union of chocolate makers, would bring man closer to man - through his sweet tooth. But Hesketh is thwarted by two more powerful urges - chauvinism and sex, the former Gallic, the latter British, but both indomitable.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1448206154

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אגרת הרמב״ן

By: Naḥmanides,Avrohom Chaim Feuer

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אגרת הרמב״ן

By: Naḥmanides,Avrohom Chaim Feuer

SRS Iggeres Haramban/ the Rambant's ethical letter with an anthology of contemporary Rabbinic expositions.

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Mesorah Publications

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0899062180

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Halakhah

The Rabbinic Idea of Law

By: Chaim N. Saiman

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Halakhah

The Rabbinic Idea of Law

By: Chaim N. Saiman

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question—and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Though typically translated as “Jewish law,” the term halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its many detailed rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim that the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no country makes of its law. In this panoramic book, Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. In the multifaceted world of halakhah where everything is law, law is also everything, and even laws that serve no practical purpose can, when properly studied, provide surprising insights into timeless questions about the very nature of human existence. What does it mean for legal analysis to connect humans to God? Can spiritual teachings remain meaningful and at the same time rigidly codified? Can a modern state be governed by such law? Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this book shows how halakhah is not just “law” but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.

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Princeton University Press

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069115211X

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The Awakening Ground

A Guide to Contemplative Mysticism

By: David Chaim Smith

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The Awakening Ground

A Guide to Contemplative Mysticism

By: David Chaim Smith

Author David Chaim Smith offers a guide to the practice of mystical contemplation from the perspective of a highly unusual form of non-dual Kabbalah, unfettered by both religious mythology and psychological reductionism. The path articulates the ultimate quest for meaning, which seeks to pass through the clutter of the mind’s conceptual associations to nakedly and directly recognize the innate essentiality of all things known as the light of En (no) Sof (end), or the Infinite. Most mainstream conventional schools of Kabbalah hold such a radical aspiration to be inapproachable at best, and heretical at worst. • The work introduces six stages that articulate how the mind breaks through its own restrictive habitual reflexes to awaken to the ground of En Sof, which is the mind’s essential nature • Each stage is illustrated by the author’s own original works of art and line diagrams • Draws upon obscure sources such as the 13th-century Kabbalistic text Fountain of Wisdom, various alchemical and gnostic texts, and the writings of Isaac the Blind The author reveals how meaning never remains static--its nature is to move, transmit, and display--yet its precious potential becomes buried under layers of mental constructs. He explains how the mind’s habits and reflexes impose structures of containment that try to make sense out of phenomena, but these very structures actually obscure their essence completely. Smith’s experiential path to gnostic awakening reveals how, in the wake of the lesser concerns of the conceptual mind, primordial purity shines in resonances of vast poetic beauty, if a sensibility of wonder, awe, and delight is cultivated. Offering a step-by-step analysis to the ecstatic aspects of contemplative revelation, David Chaim Smith explores how to ride the razor’s edge of the paradox to coax the mind from the sleep of habituation towards the culmination of gnosis. Although the process is described within the traditional symbol system of kabbalah, its import is a truly radical exponent of extreme mysticism.

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Simon and Schuster

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1620555344

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9781620555347

Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

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Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, took an insular Chasidic group that was almost decimated by the Holocaust and transformed it into one of the most influential and controversial forces in world Jewry. This superbly crafted biography draws on recently uncovered documents and archives of personal correspondence, painting an exceptionally human and charming portrait of a man who was well known but little understood. With a sharp attention to detail and an effortless style, Chaim Miller takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind and struggles of one of the most interesting religious personalities of the Twentieth Century. --

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Kol Menachem

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1934152366

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9781934152362

Shield of David

A History of Jewish Servicemen in America's Armed Forces

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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Shield of David

A History of Jewish Servicemen in America's Armed Forces

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

Jews first arrived in the New World in 1654, seeking religious freedom. Since the beginning of American nationhood, Jewish volunteers and conscripts fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, on both sides of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, in both World Wars, and in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Over the years, the American military learned to integrate its Jewish servicemen and women by providing Jewish military chaplains, kosher food, religious services, and placing the Star of David on the graves of fallen Jewish soldiers. The end of conscription and the establishment of the All-Volunteer Force in 1973 offered other paths to serve our country. American Jews have contributed with distinction in the arts and sciences, academia, entertainment, government, and in building the economy. For Jews, America is the Goldene Medina—the Golden Country.

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Wicked Son

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Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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1461734533

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9781461734536

Wanderings

By: Chaim Potok

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Wanderings

By: Chaim Potok

A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice.

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Ballantine Books

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0593359291

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9780593359297

The Arab-Israeli Wars

War and Peace in the Middle East

By: Chaim Herzog,Shlomo Gazit

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The Arab-Israeli Wars

War and Peace in the Middle East

By: Chaim Herzog,Shlomo Gazit

The Arab-Israeli Wars is former President of Israel Chaim Herzog’s acclaimed history of Israel’s fight since 1947 to preserve her existence against repeated attacks. Revised after his death by friend and colleague General Shomo Gazit, this new edition also covers the events of the past twenty years, including the pullout from Lebanon, both intifadas, the first Gulf War, the Oslo Process, and beyond. Riveting, informative, and comprehensive, this authoritative account tells the story of Israel’s struggle to survive but gives a clear picture of the people and politics that continue to shape the destiny of this crucial region.

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Vintage

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1400079632

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Beyond The Dead-end Alley Of Mass Education

By: Chaim Adler

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Beyond The Dead-end Alley Of Mass Education

By: Chaim Adler

This book deals with the realm of education-getting beyond the dead end of mass education-in the context of Israeli education system. It analyzes the aims and target populations of educational fostering and illustrates the dead-end situation of the educational system.

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Routledge

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0429710666

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Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century

By: Vardit Rispler-Chaim

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Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century

By: Vardit Rispler-Chaim

This book treats the most prominent issues in medical ethics in the twentieth century, such as abortion, artificial insemination, organ transplantation, euthanasia etc., as discussed by Muslim religious scholars, physicians and jurists. Despite the semi-equal spread of medical knowledge among the peoples of the world and the shared dilemmas brought about by modern medicine, Muslims tend to follow their own medical ethics, which agree ultimately with the basic requirements of Islamic religion and law.

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BRILL

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9004450912

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The A to Z of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

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The A to Z of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

The Jewish attachment to Zion is many centuries old. While the modern Zionist movement was organized a little more than a century ago, the roots of the Zionist idea reach back close to 4,000 years ago, to the day that the biblical patriarch Abraham left his home in Ur of the Chaldees to settle in the Promised Land, where the Jewish state subsequently arose. From that day to the establishing of the state of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people have been in a constant struggle to either regain or maintain their homeland. Although 60 years have now passed since the establishment of Israel, many of the political and religious factions that made up the Zionist movement in the pre-state era remain active. The A to Z of Zionism_through its chronology, maps, introductory essay, bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons, organizations, and events_is a valuable contribution to the appreciation for both the diversity and consensus that characterize the Zionist experience.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810870525

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9780810870529

Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome During the Late Republic and Early Principate

By: CH. Wirszubski,Chaim Wirszubski

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Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome During the Late Republic and Early Principate

By: CH. Wirszubski,Chaim Wirszubski

It is refreshing to read an essay on political ideas distinguished both by precision of thought and clarity of expression." Philosophical Review

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Cambridge University Press

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0521068487

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9780521068482

Point of Arrival

A Study of London's East End

By: Chaim Bermant

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Point of Arrival

A Study of London's East End

By: Chaim Bermant

Point of Arrival (1975) examines the experiences of the various immigrant groups – the Huguenots, Irish, Jews, Pakistanis – who have made their home in the East End of London. This was their point of arrival in a new country, and for many it was the only England they were to know.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000777677

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9781000777673

The International Harvester Company

A History of the Founding Families and Their Machines

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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The International Harvester Company

A History of the Founding Families and Their Machines

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

Ancient farmers used draft animals for plowing but the heavy work of harvesting fell to the humans, using sickle and scythe. Change came in the mid-19th century when Cyrus Hall McCormick built the mechanical harvester. Though the McCormicks used their wealth to establish art collections and universities, battle disease, and develop birth control, members of the family faced constant scrutiny and scandal. This book recounts their story as well as the history of the International Harvester Company (IHC)--a merger of the McCormick and Deering companies and the world's leader in agricultural machinery in the 1900s.

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McFarland

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1476677093

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When a Jew Seeks Wisdom

The Sayings of the Fathers

By: Seymour Rossel,Hyman Chanover,Chaim Stern

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When a Jew Seeks Wisdom

The Sayings of the Fathers

By: Seymour Rossel,Hyman Chanover,Chaim Stern

An examination of Jewish tradition and values, using as a basis Pirke Avot, the teachings of rabbis who lived from 300 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.

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Behrman House, Inc

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0874410894

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9780874410891

Losing America, Conquering India

Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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Losing America, Conquering India

Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

On October 19, 1781, British general Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War and conceding the independence of the United States of America. Britain soon overcame the humiliation of defeat by expanding its empire elsewhere. Five years after Yorktown, Cornwallis was installed as governor and commander of the army in India, determined to make the subcontinent the brightest jewel in the British crown. Officers who served under him during the War rose to high positions in the British army and navy. Emulating Cornwallis's deep sense of duty to king and country, they vigorously pursued the conquest of India, put down the 1798 Irish Rebellion, defended Canada, defeated the Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope, occupied Ceylon and battled Napoleon. Prominent among them was General Sir James Henry Craig, governor of Canada, whose clumsy attempt to spy on the U.S. was a factor in setting off the War of 1812.

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McFarland

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1476668124

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9781476668123

Operative Flash-Dictation: Neurosurgery

By: Chaim B. Colen

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Operative Flash-Dictation: Neurosurgery

By: Chaim B. Colen

a pocket-sized, essential reference that provides the essential verbal terminology needed to achieve an excellent operative dictation note. It also provides illustrations of basic operative instruments and skeleton history and physical examination dictations. Current Procedural Terminology codes (CPT codes) are provided with each operative note; to assist the novice surgeon in becoming a verbally skilled surgeon, well versed in CPT code application. Practice makes perfect, and by rehearsing your operation in a well structured, systematic and cohesive fashion, you will improve your operative efficiency and medico-legal sustaining jargon; a prerogative in our day.

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Colen Publishing

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1935345036

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9781935345039

Listen to the Soul

Stories that Touch the Heart and Nurture the Spirit

By: Chaim Walder,Ḥayim Ṿalder

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Listen to the Soul

Stories that Touch the Heart and Nurture the Spirit

By: Chaim Walder,Ḥayim Ṿalder

The popular teacher and noted children's author has utilized his talent for listening and his keen writing skills to reach an adult readership. These sixteen inspiring and heart-warming stories convey timeless lessons.

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Feldheim Publishers

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0873067800

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9780873067805

The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to Boston harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States. From 1810 to the start of the War of 1812, he traveled through Great Britain, where he saw the tremendous changes caused by the Industrial Revolution, starting with cotton textiles. On his return to the United States he focused on establishing a domestic textile industry to replace imported goods. With his brother-in-law, Patrick Tracy Jackson, he built the Boston Manufacturing Company at Waltham-America's first integrated mill. With his star mechanic, Paul Moody, he developed a power loom and other machines suitable for local conditions. The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 tells the story of this amazing man and the great success of the Boston Manufacturing Company, which spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound marketing plan, and, above all, modern technology-became the standard for the American factory of the nineteenth century. When Francis Cabot Lowell died, his associates established America's first industrial city, and named it Lowell in his honor.

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Lexington Books

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0739146858

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9780739146859

A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

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A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.

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BRILL

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9004312420

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9789004312425

Judaism: Religion of Reason

By: Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim

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Judaism: Religion of Reason

By: Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim

Jewish life has become tainted by man-made religions, mysticism and pop-kabballah. Based on the Sages' writings and 10 years in the making, Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim debunks these false notions, presenting an intelligent analysis of Torah to reveal beautiful insights. Judaism is the only religion based on proof and reason, not blind faith and superstitions. Intelligence is the only key that unlocks God's wisdom. Readers will quickly distinguish authentic Judaism from popular notions, preferring Torah's brilliance over simplistic belief.

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0578089483

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The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis

Commentary on the First Three Chapters

By: David Chaim Smith

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The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis

Commentary on the First Three Chapters

By: David Chaim Smith

A bold line-by-line reexamination of the first 3 chapters of Genesis that reveals the essential nature of mind and creativity • Deconstructs each line of Genesis chapters 1-3 with esoteric methods derived from the oral teachings of the Kabbalah • Reveals the sefirot, the Tree of Life, as the Divine blueprint of the creative process • Explains how Genesis reveals the Divinity of mind and consciousness Hidden within the first three chapters of Genesis rests one of the greatest jewels of Western mystical literature. For millennia religious literalism has dominated our understanding of the Bible, imprisoning its subtle inner wisdom within the most coarse and superficial aspects of the narrative. Generations have been led to believe that Genesis 1-3 is only a primitive proto-cosmic history, a mythological explanation of the human moral disposition, a religious fairy tale. But by accepting the text as pure kabbalistic metaphor, the mystical content of Genesis springs forth, revealing the Divine nature of creativity as well as a new understanding of the human mind. Deconstructing each line of Genesis 1-3 with esoteric methods derived from the oral teachings of the Kabbalah, David Chaim Smith reveals how the ten sefirot, collectively known as the Tree of Life, are not simply a linear hierarchy. They are a unified interdependent whole with ten interactive functions, forming the template through which creative diversity manifests. Through acts of creation and creativity, the mind expresses its Divine nature. Through our Divine creative power, we are able to touch upon Ain Sof (the infinite), the lifeblood of all creative expression. Smith’s line-by-line examination of Genesis 1-3 reveals a complete model not only of Divine creativity but also of the predicament of the human mind, of the Divine nature of consciousness as well as our inability to recognize the mind’s Divinity. With this new interpretation, which removes the concept of a Creator God, we are able to transcend the contrasting notions of “being” and “non-being” at the heart of conventional habits of perception and awaken a new mystical understanding of Unity and the fathomless depth of Divinity.

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Simon and Schuster

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162055464X

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Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

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Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

Combining ethnographic, semiotic, and performative approaches, this book examines texts and accompanying acts of writing of national commemoration. The commemorative visitor book is viewed as a mobilized stage, a communication medium, where visitors' public performances are presented, and where acts of participation are authored and composed. The study contextualizes the visitor book within the material and ideological environment where it is positioned and where it functions. The semiotics of commemoration are mirrored in the visitor book, which functions as a participatory platform that becomes an extension of the commemorative spaces in the museum. The study addresses tourists' and visitors' texts, i.e. the commemorative entries in the book, which are succinct dialogical utterances. Through these public performances, individuals and groups of visitors align and affiliate with a larger imagined national community. Reading the entries allows a unique perspective on communication practices and processes, and vividly illustrates such concepts as genre, voice, addressivity, indexicality, and the very acts of writing and reading. The book's many entries tell stories of affirming, but also resisting the narrative tenets of Zionist national identity, and they illustrate the politics of gender and ethnicity in Israel society. The book presents many ethnographic observations and interviews, which were done both with the management of the site (Ammunition Hill National Memorial Site), and with the visitors themselves. The observations shed light on processes and practices involved in writing and reading, and on how visitors decide on what to write and how they collaborate on drafting their entries. The interviews with the site's management also illuminate the commemoration projects, and how museums and exhibitions are staged and managed.

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Oxford University Press

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0190273216

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A Narrative Community

Voices of Israeli Backpackers

By: Chaim Noy

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A Narrative Community

Voices of Israeli Backpackers

By: Chaim Noy

An intertextual examination of the storytelling of Israeli backpackers that analyzes their unique patterns of communication to create a thorough picture of this "narrative community." Backpacking, or Tarmila'ut, has been a time-honored rite of passage for young Israelis for decades. Shortly after completing their mandatory military service, young people set off on extensive backpacking trips to "exotic" and "authentic" destinations in so-called Third World regions in India, Nepal, and Thailand in Asia, and also Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina in Central and South America. Chaim Noy collects the words and stories of Israeli backpackers to explore the lively interplay of quotations, constructed dialogues, and social voices in the backpackers' stories and examine the crucial role they play in creating a vibrant, voiced community. A Narrative Community illustrates how, against the peaks of Mt. Everest, avalanches, and Incan cities, the travelers' storytelling becomes an inherently social drama of shared knowledge, values, hierarchy, and aesthetics. Based on forty-five in-depth narrative interviews, the research in this book examines how identities and a sense of belonging emerge on different social levels--the individual, the group, and the collective--through voices that evoke both the familiar and the Other. In addition, A Narrative Community makes a significant contribution to modern tourism literature by exploring the sociolinguistic dimension related to tourists' accounts and particularly the transformation of self that occurs with the experience of travel. In particular, it addresses the interpersonal persuasion that travelers use in their stories to convince others to join in the ritual of backpacking by stressing the personal development that they have gained through their journeys. This volume is groundbreaking in its dialogical conceptualization of the interview as a site of cultural manifestation, innovation, and power relations. The methods employed, which include qualitative sampling and interviewing, clearly demonstrate ways of negotiating, manifesting, and embodying speech performances. Because of its unique interdisciplinary nature, A Narrative Community will be of interest to sociolinguists, folklore scholars, performance studies scholars, tourism scholars, and those interested in social discourses in Israel.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814331769

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The Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann

series B

By: Chaim Weizmann

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The Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann

series B

By: Chaim Weizmann

These two volumes of the papers of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, are essential for a complete understanding of Weizmann's thinking as a Jew, as a scientist, and as a political leader. They present statements deeply thought out, often polished before delivery, and intended for insertion into an historical record. This selection, which spans his life from 1898-1952, includes speeches (many of them to closed audiences and not previously published), private interviews, evidence before investigating committees, minutes of meetings, meirtbranda, and newspaper articles. It is evident from these papers that Weizmann had a larger vision of an audience before him: whether it be a group of listeners, a mass of readers, a government department, or an influential interlocuter. The earliest documents represent Weizmann's ideas alone; later ones reflect the views of like-minded Zionists and express the collective striving of his nation. These papers, together with the previously published twenty-three volumes of the letters of Chaim Weizmann, constitute a matchless commentary on over sixty years of dedication to building a nation-state on moral foundations.

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Transaction Publishers

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0878552979

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9780878552979

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