Living Jewish, by Rabbi Berel Wein

Living Jewish
Values, Practices and Traditions
By Rabbi Berel Wein
Shaar Press
ISBN: 9781578197538

Book Description:

Rabbi Berel Wein once again exhibits his admirable talent for clear, lucid explanation in this highly informative work. 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.

An enriching reading experience, Living Jewish enables every reader to find deeper meaning in Jewish traditions and reconnect with the ancient values that have found new expression in the modern era.

Rabbi Wein is well known as a historian, raconteur, lecturer and author of numerous works on Jewish history and Jewish thought. His enlightening and entertaining style will captivate your interest, and his inspiring insights will add meaning to your life.

Table of Contents

Foreword

LIFE CYCLE EVENTS

1. Birth
2. The Covenant of Abraham: Brit
3. Redeeming the Firstborn Son: Pidyon HaBen
4. Bat Mitzvah
5. Bar Mitzvah
6. The Wedding
7. Death in Jewish Tradition
8. The Funeral: Saying Good-bye
9. The Annual Yarzheit: Memorial Days
10. Immortality

FAMILY LIFE

11. Marriage
12. Intimacy
13. Children
14. Divorce

YEAR-ROUND MITZVOT

15. Ethics
16. Kosher Food
17. Tallit and Tzitzit
18. Tefillin
19. Mezuzah

PRAYER

20. The Morning Prayer: Shacharit
21. The Afternoon Prayer: Minchah
22. The Evening Prayer: Maariv
23. Cantors
24. The Blessing of Dew
25. Kaddish

THE SABBATH

26. A Bit of History: Sabbath and the Immigrant Experience
27. The Candles of Sabbath
28. The Sabbath Table
29. Sabbath Clothing
30. The Day of Rest
31. Havdalah

HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL DAYS

32. Measuring Time
33. The Names of the Jewish Months
34. Rosh Hashanah
35. New Year’s Greetings
36. Apples and Honey
37. Tashlich
38. Shabbat Shuvah
39. Yom Kippur
40. The Joy of Succot
41. Intermediate Days of Holidays: Chol Hamoed
42. Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
43. Chanukah
44. The Hasmoneans
45. The Tenth of Tevet
46. The Fast of Esther
47. Purim
48. Passover and The Spring Calendar
49. Selling the Chametz
50. Matzoh Shmurah
51. “Machine” Matzoh
52. Legumes on Passover: Kitnayot
53. The Seder
54. Sefirah
55. Lag B’Omer
56. Shavuot: A Sleepless Night
57. Cheese and Flowers
58. The Seventeenth of Tamuz
59. The Three Weeks
60. “The Sabbath of Stark Vision:” Shabbat Chazon
61. The Ninth of Av
62. National Memorial Days

CHARACTER REFINEMENT

63. Subduing Anger
64. Kindness
65. Justice
66. Truth

EDUCATION

67. Schools
68. Yeshivot
69. Schools for Women

ESSAYS ON JEWISH HISTORY, THOUGHT AND BELIEFS

70. Jewish Law, Halachah
71. Intellectual Honesty
72. Modesty
73. Jewish Hats
74. Respect
75. Meditation and Isolation
76. Faith and Miracles
77. Biblical Heroes
78. Words of Prophecy
79. Why We Travel
80. Music
81. The Arts
82. Sports
83. Ecology
84. Animal Rights
85. Bigotry and Hatred
86. Tempered Joy
87. The Temple Mount
88. The Greatest Anti-Semitic Myth
89. Being Jewish in a Non-Jewish World
90. Israel

Index

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