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Jewish Education and History

Continuity, crisis and change

By: Moshe Aberbach

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Jewish Education and History

Continuity, crisis and change

By: Moshe Aberbach

Moshe Aberbach (1924-2007) was a leading educator and scholar in Jewish studies, specialising in the field of Jewish education in the talmudic period. This book draws on a representative selection of his writings over a fifty year period, and includes essays on Saadia Gaon and Maimonides, coverage of biblical and talmudic studies, and discussions of the roots of religious anti-Zionism and of the Lubavitch messianic movement in the context of similar movements in Jewish history. Focusing on the history of Jewish education and linking the Roman destruction of the Jewish state in 70 CE with Jewish survival after the Holocaust, and how survival of both depended on a strong system of education and the moral example set by teachers, the book explores the vital importance of education to Jewish survival from biblical times to the present. The book includes an autobiographical memoir of Moshe Aberbach’s childhood in Vienna, as well as a biographical Foreword by his son, David. It will be of great interest to Bible scholars and students of Jewish Studies, History, the Holocaust and Jewish social psychology.

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1134009550

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Jewish Education and History

Continuity, Crisis and Change

By: Moshe Aberbach

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Jewish Education and History

Continuity, Crisis and Change

By: Moshe Aberbach

Education is at the centre of Jewish life and this book charts that development from the earliest periods through to the present. With a special emphasis on the key Talmudic period the author has carefully scrutinised both Jewish texts as well as the Greco-Roman sources to provide a comprehensive history.

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1134009569

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Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

By: Moshe Y. Miller

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Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

By: Moshe Y. Miller

In Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation Moshe Miller argues that nineteenth-century German Jews of all persuasions actively sought acceptance within German society and aspired to achieve full emancipation from the many legal strictures on their status as citizens and residents. But, where non-Orthodox Jews sought a large measure of cultural assimilation, Orthodox Jews were content with more delimited acculturation. However, they were no less enthusiastic about achieving emancipation and acceptance in German society. There was one issue, though, which was seen by non-Jewish critics of emancipation as a barrier to granting civic rights to Jews: namely, the alleged tribalism of the Jewish ethic and the supposedly Orthodox notion of Jews as "the Chosen People." These charges could not go unanswered, and in the writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), a leading thinker of the Orthodox camp, they did not. Hirsch stressed the universalism of the Jewish ethic and the humanistic concern for the welfare of all mankind, which he believed was one of the core teachings of Judaism. His colleagues in the German Orthodox rabbinate largely concurred with Hirsch's assessment. This account places Hirsch's views in their historical context and provides a detailed account of his attitude toward non-Jews and the Christianity practiced by the vast majority of nineteenth-century Europeans"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817361294

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The Matriarchs of Genesis

Seven Women, Five Views

By: David J. Zucker,Moshe Reiss

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The Matriarchs of Genesis

Seven Women, Five Views

By: David J. Zucker,Moshe Reiss

Sarah. Hagar. Rebekah. Leah. Rachel. Bilhah. Zilpah. These are the Matriarchs of Genesis. A people's self-understanding is fashioned on their heroes and heroines. Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel--the traditional four Matriarchs--are important and powerful people in the book of Genesis. Each woman plays her part in her generation. She interacts with and advises her husband, seeking to achieve both present and future successes for her family. These women act decisively at crucial points; through their actions and words, their family dynamics change irrevocably. Unlike their husbands, we know little of their unspoken thoughts or actions. What the text in Genesis does share shows that these women are perceptive and judicious, often seeing the grand scheme with clarity. While their stories are told in Genesis, in the post-biblical world of the Pseudepigrapha, their stories are retold in new ways. The rabbis also speak of these women, and contemporary scholars and feminists continue to explore the Matriarchs in Genesis and later literature. Using extensive quotations, we present these women through five lenses: the Bible, Early Extra-Biblical Literature, Rabbinic Literature, Contemporary Scholarship, and Feminist Thought. In addition, we consider Hagar, Abraham's second wife and the mother of Ishmael, as well as Bilhah and Zilpah, Jacob's third and fourth wives.

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1498272762

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Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Europe

The Organisational Determinants of Coalition Bargaining

By: Moshe Maor

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Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Europe

The Organisational Determinants of Coalition Bargaining

By: Moshe Maor

This book explores the impact intraparty conflicts have on a party's coalition bargaining. Focusing on Denmark, Norway, UK, Italy and France, it investigates whether organizational imperatives of political parties play a role in interparty competition.

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1134819730

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Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism

Pillars, Lines, Ladders

By: Moshe Idel

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Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism

Pillars, Lines, Ladders

By: Moshe Idel

Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the archetectural images of the ascent, like the resort images of pillars, lines, and ladders.

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Central European University Press

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9637326030

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Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism

Secrets and Doubts

By: Moshe Idel

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Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism

Secrets and Doubts

By: Moshe Idel

This book focuses on Abraham Abulafia's esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss' theory of the history of philosophy. A survey of Abulafia's sources leads into an analysis of the esoteric meaning on the famous parable of the three rings, considering also the possible connection between this parable, which Abdulafia inserted into a book dedicated to his student, the 13th century rabbi Nathan the wise, and the Lessing's Play "Nathan the Wise." The book also examines Abulafia's universalistic understanding of the nature of the Bible, the Hebrew language, and the people of Israel (or the Sinaic revelation). The universal aspects of Abulafia’s thought have been put in relief against the more widespread Kabbalistic views which are predominantly particularistic. A number of texts have also been identified here for the first time as authored by Abulafia.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110598779

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Emulating Our Creator

By: Moshe Goldberger,Sam J. Gindi

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Emulating Our Creator

By: Moshe Goldberger,Sam J. Gindi

Based on the teachings of Rav Avigdor Miller. An important, well-organized compendium of the teachings of the great scholar, Rav Avigdor Miller, zt"l. Organized by topic according to Alef Beis, this book presents valuable Torah thoughts and lessons in a practical, accessible manner. This book makes for a wonderful study guide, on-the-go reading material, or a meaningful memento for a simcha.

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1568713584

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The Gentle Weapon

Prayers for Everyday and Not-so Everyday Moments : Timeless Wisdom from the Teachings of the Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

By: Moshe Mykoff,S. C. Mizrahi,Breslov Research Institute

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The Gentle Weapon

Prayers for Everyday and Not-so Everyday Moments : Timeless Wisdom from the Teachings of the Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

By: Moshe Mykoff,S. C. Mizrahi,Breslov Research Institute

Life makes warriors of us all. To emerge the victors, we must arm ourselves with the most potent of weapons. That weapon is prayer." --Rebbe Nachman of Breslov The "gentle weapon" of prayer can ease the soul and strengthen the heart, while bringing us closer to God and to a deeper understanding of ourselves. Two hundred years after he lived, the warm insights and generous wisdom of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) continue to be a source of comfort for those in search of an uplifting perspective on life. "When you pray, hold nothing back from God. Pour out your heart with honest openness, as if you were speaking to your very best friend." --Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) A "little treasure" of prayers that will open your heart and soul and give voice to your deepest yearnings. Using the startling wisdom of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, written two hundred years ago, The Gentle Weapon will help you talk with God and enable you to hear your own voice as well. This spiritual gem makes a loving gift to friends, family or to ourselves when words of comfort are what's needed the most.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580230229

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

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דרך ה׳

By: Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto

Explores Divine regulation of the world. With Rabbi Yosef Begun's marginal notes. Vowelized, facing Hebrew and English texts.

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0873063449

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God Is Not Dead

Man's Pursuit of Faith in Judaism

By: Moshe Finkelman

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God Is Not Dead

Man's Pursuit of Faith in Judaism

By: Moshe Finkelman

A scholar and a thinker, Dr. Moshe Finkelman emerges as an expert on Jewish faith in his book God Is Not Dead: Man's Pursuit of Faith in Judaism. For the first time since the eighteenth-century's The Path of the Upright of Ramhal, there is a book that describes a system of growth in faith, from the initial level to the ultimate level of knowledge of God, leading to closeness to God. Dr. Finkelman gradually and convincingly takes the reader through steps of growth in faith, leaving no argument unsettled and no subject unexplained. God Is Not Dead: Man's Pursuit of Faith in Judaism conveys messages that resonate with the worldview of a contemporary believer. Finkelman's system of growth in faith gives anyone the ability to create a bond with God. It offers Jews of every level of commitment a clear and accessible path to deepen his or her faith, and to do so by mastering it as the art form that it truly is. Presented as an easy-to-grasp actionable process, this system of growth in faith was inspired by the author's personal religious evolution. He draws mainly from religious and philosophical sources of Judaism, including the teachings of the twelfth-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides, the principles of the eighteenth-century scholar Ramhal, and the beliefs of Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the twentieth-century Israeli intellectual, a leading authority on Jewish faith. The work is further enlivened with anecdotes about both historic figures and everyday people alike. Providing a compelling, achievable blueprint for growth in faith, this fascinating work serves as a timely, essential contribution to contemporary Judaism. For more information please visit the author's website at www.god-is-not-dead.com

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1494842653

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Nahmanides

Law and Mysticism

By: Moshe Halbertal

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Nahmanides

Law and Mysticism

By: Moshe Halbertal

A broad, systematic account of one of the most original and creative kabbalists, biblical interpreters, and Talmudic scholars the Jewish tradition has ever producedRabbi Moses b. Nahman (1194–1270), known in English as Nahmanides, was the greatest Talmudic scholar of the thirteenth century and one of the deepest and most original biblical interpreters. Beyond his monumental scholastic achievements, Nahmanides was a distinguished kabbalist and mystic, and in his commentary on the Torah he dispensed esoteric kabbalistic teachings that he termed “By Way of Truth.”This broad, systematic account of Nahmanides’s thought explores his conception of halakhah and his approach to the central concerns of medieval Jewish thought, including notions of God, history, revelation, and the reasons for the commandments. The relationship between Nahmanides’s kabbalah and mysticism and the existential religious drive that nourishes them, as well as the legal and exoteric aspects of his thinking, are at the center of Moshe Halbertal’s portrayal of Nahmanides as a complex and transformative thinker.

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Yale University Press

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0300257015

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9780300257014

Shaarei Tzedek - Gates of Righteousness

By: Moshe ben Shem Tov de Leon

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Shaarei Tzedek - Gates of Righteousness

By: Moshe ben Shem Tov de Leon

Natan ben Saadyah Harar describes instructions he received from Avraham Abulafia, along with his ecstatic experiences. This gives the book unparalleled importance, as auto-biographical works in Kabbalah are extremely rare. Additionally, he explains in detail many kabbalistic techniques

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8894956423

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Tracking the Seed of the Woman Through the Generations

By: Sholiach Moshe Yoseph Koniuchowsky

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Tracking the Seed of the Woman Through the Generations

By: Sholiach Moshe Yoseph Koniuchowsky

INTRODUCTIONThere are multitudes in the body of Messiah who unfortunately are ignorant or unlearned in regard to the Hebraic roots of the gospel message. This work of the Master was compiled to fill what I believe is a void in the BELIEVING ASSEMBLY concerning the Biblical evidence that the gospel was not conceived in the Gospel of Matthew but rather in Genesis. These pages contain an overview of gospel history and are not intended to focus in on any one particular aspect of it. The reader will receive insight into the different ways and methods which YHUH chose to present the gospel plan to Older Covenant men and women, who where faithful to His purpose. It is the author's aim to portray the missionary zeal of YHUH, as He commissioned His people to take His love to the entire globe.In this book, I pray that the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) will reveal to the reader that YHUH Almighty had a divine plan, preordained, to bring forth salvation to the whole world (Isaiah 52:10). Within the hallowed pages of YHUH's Word is His revelation of how He kept this plan alive throughout man's history. Each individual, each man of YHUH, each fallen angel, each circumstance and each catastrophe pointed to the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20. Renewed Covenant Israel is, in fact, YHUH's last days mechanism to spread the gospel of salvation. Renewed Covenant Israel is the arms, legs and mouthpiece of YHUH, to proclaim the salvation message of the Master, Yahusha the Messiah. Almighty YHUH has entrusted each regenerate child of Messiah to be an ambassador to a lost and dying world. In each portion of Biblical history, YHUH committed the gospel to a chosen few. Its message has always been the same: "Go and teach!" Though there were few, there was always a remnant. The reader will come to understand that the Gospel-Besorah message existed long before Matthew 28:18-20 in the mind of YHUH. This book deals with YHUH's choice of Israel to bring forth the Messiah. We have traced this aspect of man's history beginning in YHUH's Garden, through the patriarch Abraham and through the twelve children of Jacob. Moses and the Exodus were also important, as were YHUH's dealings with Joshua and the Judges. Even Israel's demand for an earthly king became a Messianicly significant event. The reign of David will be covered, as well as Messianic implications finding their fulfillment in the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20.Old Testament types that foreshadow YHUH's salvation in Messiah shall be touched upon. Each Hebrew festival had a significant road to Calvary within its purpose as well and will be covered in a special way. Finally, YHUH's strategy for the way in which the body of Messiah is to carry out YHUH's commission to proclaim the gospel will be outlined. Early Renewed Covenant Israelite history will be traced, along with YHUH's direct commission to Renewed Covenant Israel and the Biblical basis of missions. The post-apostolic age, today's plan for the spreading of the gospel, as well as the individual's all important role in missions will be discussed. The often unpopular topic of Christian anti-Semitism will also be addressed. A concrete blueprint for action will be presented to help the reader overcome the problem of dealing with this touchy subject.Ultimately, the Great Commission and the promised Seed of The Woman existed before Genesis I: 1. May Yahusha enlighten your precious spirit to this marvelous truth. Amen.

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Jewish Education and History

Jewish Education and History

Jewish Education and History

Jewish Education and History

Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

Samson Raphael Hirsch's Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation

The Matriarchs of Genesis

The Matriarchs of Genesis

Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Europe

Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Europe

Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism

Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism

Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism

Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism

Emulating Our Creator

Emulating Our Creator

The Gentle Weapon

The Gentle Weapon

דרך ה׳

דרך ה׳

God Is Not Dead

God Is Not Dead

Nahmanides

Nahmanides

Shaarei Tzedek - Gates of Righteousness

Shaarei Tzedek - Gates of Righteousness

Tracking the Seed of the Woman Through the Generations

Tracking the Seed of the Woman Through the Generations

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