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The Everything Torah Book: All You Need To Understand The Basics Of Jewish Law And The Five Books Of The Old Testament
From the Penteteuch and Nevi'im to the Ketuvim and the oral Torah, this straightforward reference walks you through God's instructions to His people and explains how these teachings are incorporated into Jewish life. The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of the Jewish faith in an easy-to-understand reference. Fascinating insights into the history, stories, parables, and personalities that are featured in this sacred scripture will bring teachings to life. Regardless of your faith, The Everything Torah Book offers a wonderful insight into Jewish culture.Learn history and heritageWhat constitutes the TorahThe importance of the Torah in the Jewish communityHow to expand your learningIncorporating teachings into your lifeWritten by a rabbi, The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of Jewish faith, tradition, and culture in one all-inclusive resource.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2005
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April 8, 2023
1.5✨DNFed at 68% the pros: has some useful information and mini history about various Jewish figures and teaching
The cons: everything else. Honestly I found myself skipping a lot of sections because they were really boring. But what made me finally decide to DNF this book was when the author tried to address women in Judaism. His statement around why women can’t lead services was, “at the very least, having someone who is not obligated performing functions implies that none present who are obligated are also competent to do so.” What kind of nonsensical garbage is that. That statement made me realize he doesn’t actually know what he is talking about.
The reality is that the lack of women in Judaism, bearing our stories etc, is a huge problem is Judaism that I don’t see many people trying to address and is a major reason why many Jewish women are non relgious or will turn to no orthodox streams of Judaism. Him spending two pages on the subject of women in orthodoxy just proves this point.
Any way I hated this book which is why it took me so long to get close to finishing it
The cons: everything else. Honestly I found myself skipping a lot of sections because they were really boring. But what made me finally decide to DNF this book was when the author tried to address women in Judaism. His statement around why women can’t lead services was, “at the very least, having someone who is not obligated performing functions implies that none present who are obligated are also competent to do so.” What kind of nonsensical garbage is that. That statement made me realize he doesn’t actually know what he is talking about.
The reality is that the lack of women in Judaism, bearing our stories etc, is a huge problem is Judaism that I don’t see many people trying to address and is a major reason why many Jewish women are non relgious or will turn to no orthodox streams of Judaism. Him spending two pages on the subject of women in orthodoxy just proves this point.
Any way I hated this book which is why it took me so long to get close to finishing it
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