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The Book of Jewish Practice
Step-by-step instructions to living a Jewish life--from one of our greatest theologians.
- GenresJudaica
1 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1987
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May 16, 2026
The Book of Jewish Practice, by Louis Jacabs, is the companion to The Book of Jewish Belief by the same author.
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The Torah is the first five books of the Jewish Bible, which Christians call “The Old Testament.” The Torah includes 613 commandments to which rabbis have added more. For example, “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk,” which the Torah states three times, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, and Deuteronomy 14:21, has been expanded by rabbinic law to prohibit the consumption of milk and meat in the same meal.
Louis Jacobs includes many of the rules and extensions in his book. I respect Jews who obey all of the rules and extensions and accept Jews who only obey some as being authentically Jewish.
I am a Judeophile and a Christian. I will discuss the secular value of some Jewish practices discussed in this book. By not consuming meat and milk in the same meal Jews restrict the consumption of animal protein. This encourages the consumption of plant protein in whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds. The consumption of plant protein has health benefits.
The rules of kosher do not only prohibit the consumption of pork. They prohibit the consumption of all mammals and birds who are carnivorous. In doing they prohibit the consumption of mammals and birds that might have parasites.
The rules of kosher restrict the consumption of aquatic animals to fish with fins and scales. These animals have omega 3 oils. These benefit the heart and circulation. Shellfish have saturated fats in them. These can harm the heart and circulation.
The Torah commands death by stoning for anyone who works on the Sabbath, which of course for the Jews is Saturday. Nevertheless, the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament record no incident of this sentence ever being carried out, except when it is first mentioned.
Most of the Old Testament Israelites and New Testament Jews were subsistence farmers. These exerted themselves as strenuously as athletes in practice. Coaches and boxing trainers know that their athletes need to rest at least one day of the week while in training. Boxing trainers tell their boxers, “Don’t leave your fight in the gym.”
The Torah commands kindness to animals and to people even if they are not Jews.
The Book of Jewish Practice discuses other rules Jews live by and describes Jewish holidays.
I recommend this book for everyone who shares my high regard for Jews and who wishes to learn more about them.
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The Torah is the first five books of the Jewish Bible, which Christians call “The Old Testament.” The Torah includes 613 commandments to which rabbis have added more. For example, “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk,” which the Torah states three times, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, and Deuteronomy 14:21, has been expanded by rabbinic law to prohibit the consumption of milk and meat in the same meal.
Louis Jacobs includes many of the rules and extensions in his book. I respect Jews who obey all of the rules and extensions and accept Jews who only obey some as being authentically Jewish.
I am a Judeophile and a Christian. I will discuss the secular value of some Jewish practices discussed in this book. By not consuming meat and milk in the same meal Jews restrict the consumption of animal protein. This encourages the consumption of plant protein in whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds. The consumption of plant protein has health benefits.
The rules of kosher do not only prohibit the consumption of pork. They prohibit the consumption of all mammals and birds who are carnivorous. In doing they prohibit the consumption of mammals and birds that might have parasites.
The rules of kosher restrict the consumption of aquatic animals to fish with fins and scales. These animals have omega 3 oils. These benefit the heart and circulation. Shellfish have saturated fats in them. These can harm the heart and circulation.
The Torah commands death by stoning for anyone who works on the Sabbath, which of course for the Jews is Saturday. Nevertheless, the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament record no incident of this sentence ever being carried out, except when it is first mentioned.
Most of the Old Testament Israelites and New Testament Jews were subsistence farmers. These exerted themselves as strenuously as athletes in practice. Coaches and boxing trainers know that their athletes need to rest at least one day of the week while in training. Boxing trainers tell their boxers, “Don’t leave your fight in the gym.”
The Torah commands kindness to animals and to people even if they are not Jews.
The Book of Jewish Practice discuses other rules Jews live by and describes Jewish holidays.
I recommend this book for everyone who shares my high regard for Jews and who wishes to learn more about them.
August 30, 2009
The Book of Jewish Practice by Louis Jacobs (1987)
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