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Studying for Your Bat/Bar Mitzvah
Recommended Reading Lists
Also see our Celebrating & Planning Your Bat/Bar Mitzvah reading list.
- The 613 Commandments (2 vol. set), by Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon (Maimonides/Rambam).
Learn all about the 613 positive and negative Torah commandments in this modern translation of Maimonides' masterful Sefer HaMitzvoth.
- Alshich on the Torah (3 vol.), by Rav Moshe Alshich.
The fascinating commentary of Rav Moshe Alshich Hakadosh, now in English!
- The Bar Mitzvah Treasury, by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib and Rabbi Yaakov Salomon.
A collection of illumination, calligraphy, rituals, customs, essays, laws and inspiring stories.
- The Bat Mitzvah Treasury, by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib.
A collection of illumination, calligraphy, inspiring messages, essays and laws.
- Darash Moshe I, by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
A selection of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein's choice comments on the Torah.
- Dorash Moshe, by Rav Moshe Feinstein.
A fascinating anthology of Rav Moshe Feinstein's thoughts and insights on the weekly parasha. (Hebrew only)
- Jastrow Dictionary of the Talmud, compiled by Marcus Jastrow.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashic Literature.
- Judaic Classics Deluxe Edition
This vast collection of Judaic literature will enhance your Torah research, whether you're checking a reference to a Yerushalmi, using the Midrash database to prepare a drasha, or studying the Ramban on the Parashat HaShavua.
- Judaica Press Neviim Rishonim (Early Prophets) - 6 vol. set, translated and complied by Rabbi A. J. Rosenberg.
Acclaimed everywhere by teachers and students alike, the bestselling Judaica Press Mikraoth Gedoloth series has been used for decades around the world as an essential learning tool.
- The Kestenbaum Edition TIKKUN, by Rabbi Avie Gold.
THE TORAH READER'S COMPENDIUM: Chumash, Haftaros, and Megillos with translation, commentary, laws and customs, and Bar Mitzvah anthology
- Leining Master MP3 CD, Leining by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder.
A phenomenal way to learn kriyas haTorah! Plays on any computer or MP3 CD player, and transferable to any MP3 player. Now available in both Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciation!
- Living Jewish, by Rabbi Berel Wein.
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.
- Ma'ayanah shel Torah, compiled by Rabbi Alexander Zusia Friedman.
This classic collection of divrei Torah on the weekly parsha is now available in a new, revised, beautiful slipcased edition. Makes a great bar mitzvah gift!
- Metsudah Chumash/Rashi - Student Size, translated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis.
The complete Chumash with the commentary of Rashi, in Hebrew with a linear English translation - Student Size.
- Metsudah Siddur with linear English translation, by Rabbi Avrohom Davis.
A practical, well-designed Hebrew/Engish siddur (prayer book) featuring a complete line-by-line translation!
- On Judaism, by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman.
Conversations on being Jewish in today's world.
- Something To Say, by Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Insights into the parashah for every occasion.
- Tefillin, by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan.
A brilliant 94-page explanation of the meaning and purpose of laying tefillin. A must-have volume for every student of Torah, young or old.
- Toras Chaim Chumash (7 volume set), edited by Rav Mordechai Leib Katzenellenbogen.
A complete Mikraos Gedolos Chumash set, entirely re-typeset, with texts that were checked and corrected by top scholars based on ancient manuscripts.
- Yad Avraham Mishnah Series: Seder Moed - Personal Size slipcased 11 Volume Set, by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg.
A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources.
- Yad Avraham Mishnah Series: Seder Nezikin - Personal Size slipcased 10 Volume Set, by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg.
A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources.
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