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- Bartinura Mishna: Rosh Hashanah, translated by Rabbi Yehoshua Cohen.
This excellent study guide features a complete translation of the classic commentary of Rabbi Ovadiah MiBartinura on the Mishna!
- Beyond Survival, by Shimon Apisdorf.
A Journey to the Heart of Rosh HaShanah, Its Prayers, and Life.
- Blackman Mishna Study Series: Rosh Hashana / Yoma, translated and annotated by Rabbi Philip Blackman.
This handy booklet includes the full Hebrew text of the Mishnah, plus an English translation and explanatory notes.
- Companion Guide to the Rosh Hashana Prayer Service, by Moshe I. Sorscher.
For anyone who has ever felt lost during the Rosh Hashana services, this book is the perfect solution! This reader-friendly guide elucidates and helps demystify Jewish prayer and the synagogue.
- Days Of Awe: Sfas Emes, by Rabbi Yosef Stern.
Ideas and insights of the Sfas Emes on the High Holy Days.
- The Festivals In Halachah, by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin.
An analysis of the development of the festival laws.
- Machzor Mesoras HaRav: Rosh HaShanah, edited by Arnold Lustiger.
Rosh HaShanah Machzor - With Commentary Adapted From the Teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
- Rosh Hashanah: Its Significance, Laws, And Prayers, by Rabbi Nosson Scherman.
A presentation anthologized from Talmudic and traditional sources.
- Rosh Hashanah Readings, edited by Dov Peretz Elkins.
This comprehensive anthology connects your heart and soul to the ancient and medieval prayers of Rosh Hashanah through contemporary and ancient commentaries on the day's central themes.
- Rosh Hashanah With Bina, Benny, And Chaggai Hayonah, by Yaffa Ganz.
Let’s join Bina and Benny and their winged friend Chaggai the holiday dove on a fun-filled adventure.
- Rosh HaShanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit, by Shimon Apisdorf.
If you, or someone you know, spends the High Holy Day Services looking for the nearest exit - this is the book you have been looking for.
- Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud - Rosh Hashanah (folios 2a-35a), edited by Rabbi Yisroel Simcha Schorr and Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz.
- Stories About Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by Menucha Fuchs.
In this, the 12th book in The Children's Learning Series, readers follow the Cohen children as they prepare for, and celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Written for young readers in kindergarten through grade three.
- A Treasury Of Chassidic Tales - Festivals, by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin.
- Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series: Tractates ROSH HASHANAH, YOMA, SUCCAH, by Rabbi Yosef Rottenberg.
A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources (Seder Moed).
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