Kapporos Then And Now Toward A More Compassionate Tradition

Author : Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781329189409

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Kapporos Then and Now: Toward a More Compassionate Tradition by Yonassan Gershom Pdf

Every year, right before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, there is a cultural war in certain Jewish neighborhoods over a ceremony called Kapporos, in which a chicken is slaughtered just before the holy day. The animal rights people show up claiming, "Meat is murder!" while the Orthodox and Hasidic Jews who practice this ceremony accuse the activists of antisemitism and violating their freedom of religion. Epithets fly and confrontations occur across the barricades, but nobody is really listening to each other. Rabbi Gershom seeks to build a bridge of understanding between these two warring camps. On the one hand, he opposes using live chickens as Kapporos, and, like many other religious Jews before him, advocates giving money to charity instead. But on the other hand, he is himself a Hasid who understands and believes in the kabbalistic principle of ""raising holy sparks"" so central to the ceremony. In fact, he says, it is that very mysticism that has led him not to use chickens for the ritual.

Author : Philip Levy
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813949666

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Yard Birds by Philip Levy Pdf

In 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the "it bird" and heralded "the return of the backyard chicken." This honor occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens in residents’ backyards. Philip Levy, a sometime chicken keeper himself, mixes cultural history with husbandry to chronicle the weird and wonderful story of Americans’ urban chickens. From the streets of Brooklyn to council chambers in Albany to the beat of Key West’s Chicken Nuisance Patrol, yard birds are an important and growing part of American city life. Part history, part travelogue, and part reportage, Yard Birds takes the reader on a tour-de-force journey across America, past and present, to profile its urban chickens housed in luxury coops or dying at yearly rituals. What emerges is a compelling picture of city chickens that can both serve as hipster status symbols and guarantee that the families keeping them have at least something to eat. Levy’s smart and entertaining investigation of the contemporary urban chicken craze reveals that poultry flocks were historically an integral part of America’s urban spaces; chickens have simply returned home now, some to very fancy roosts.

Author : Helena Frank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : English fiction
ISBN : HARVARD:32044058127382

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Yiddish Tales by Helena Frank Pdf

Author : Richard H. Schwartz,Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : Ktav Publishing House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Environmental law (Jewish law)
ISBN : 965524234X

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Who Stole My Religion? by Richard H. Schwartz,Yonassan Gershom Pdf

"A thought-provoking and timely call to apply Judaism's powerful teachings to help shift our imperiled planet onto a sustainable path. While appreciating the radical, transformative nature of Judaism, Richard Schwartz argues that it has been "stolen" by Jews who are in denial about climate change and other environmental threats and support politicians and policies that may be inconsistent with basic Jewish values. Tackling such diverse issues as climate change, world hunger, vegetarianism, poverty, terrorism, destruction of the environment, peace prospects in Israel, and American foreign policy, he offers practical suggestions for getting Judaism back on track as a faith based on justice, peace, and compassion. He urges the reader to reconsider current issues in line with Judaism's highest values in an effort to meet the pressing challenges of today's world." --

Author : David Woolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0228853028

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Torah IQ by David Woolf Pdf

"These quizzes can transform a Shabbos table into an exciting, engrossing and enjoyable experience." - RABBI DR. SHOLOM GOLD, Rabbi Emeritus, Kehillat Zichron Yoseph, Har Nof TORAH IQ: The Great Torah Riddle Book More than 1,500 questions and answers on the parshiyot, the calendar, the chagim, halachot and Torah trivia-perfect for different ages and levels of knowledge. "With this sefer in hand, a whole new generation of young Jews will be excited to make our precious Torah part of their life." - RABBI YIRMIYA MILEVSKY, Rabbi, Congregation B'nai Torah, Toronto

Author : David M. Bader
Publisher : Extremely Limited
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781495369162

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How to Be an Extremely Reform Jew by David M. Bader Pdf

Extremely Reform Judaism is one of the world's fastest growing denominations and also its most misunderstood-ever since the ancient forefathers first lifted their eyes to God to ask, "Why can't we have a Christmas Tree?" How to Be an Extremely Reform Jew pokes irreverent yet good-natured fun its subject, with chapters on the mandatory and optional Extremely Reform Jewish holidays; maintaining the Extremely Reform Jewish home; diaspora travel tips; Extremely Reform rites of passage (circumcision, bar mitzvah, intermarriage); and how to deprogram your Extremely Reform child after he has joined a religious cult. Highlights include "The Ten Suggestions"; a "Feast and Fast Yo-Yo Diet Guide to Jewish Holidays"; and "Glengarry Glen Purim, a David Mamet Purim Play." This humorous illustrated guide contains numerous quotations from ancient Extremely Reform Jewish texts, such as, "He who gives a coin to the poor is rewarded with six blessings, but he who makes a pledge to charity receives a free tote bag," and, "Thou shalt not stand outside the synagogue on the High Holy Days scalping thy tickets to the services." First published by Avon Books in 1994, the new edition preserves the content of the original in fresh paperback and ebook formats. It's an ideal gift for Hanukkah or any occasion.

Author : Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cabala
ISBN : 0876042930

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Beyond the Ashes by Yonassan Gershom Pdf

Is it possible that people living today died in the Holocaust? Rabbi Yonassan Gershom presents compelling evidence that supports this seemingly impossible phenomenon. Based on the stories of people he counselled, the author sheds new light on the subject of reincarnation and the divinity of the human soul. In addition to the fascinating case histories, Rabbi Gershom includes information on Jewish teachings regarding the afterlife, karmic healing, and prophecies. Available November, 1992. (A.R.E. Press)

Author : Richard H. Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781590566275

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Vegan Revolution by Richard H. Schwartz Pdf

"For over four decades, Richard Schwartz has engaged with two ethically rich ways of living that, as he charts in this book, he came to appreciate in middle age: Judaism and veganism. Having been born into a secular Jewish family, it was his marriage and an increasing commitment to social justice that propelled him to study and rediscover the essence of his Jewish faith. That sense of social justice further raised his awareness of the environmental movement, and, ultimately, to animal rights and veganism. In Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism, Schwartz shows how, now perhaps more than ever, veganism offers a pathway for all of us of whatever faith (or no faith) to reduce hunger, conserve the environment, save water, reinstitute justice, and care for animals and the Earth. It is no coincidence, as Schwartz demonstrates, that many of these ideas are mandates in Jewish scripture, and that reincorporating a care for the world (tikkun olam) can itself reinvigorate the spirit of a faith and galvanize its practitioners to act"--

Author : Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0876043406

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From Ashes to Healing by Yonassan Gershom Pdf

A followup to Beyond the Ashes. Fifteen gripping stories of people who have found healing through past-life recall of the Holocaust.

Author : Yonasson Gershom
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781461734130

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Jewish Tales of Reincarnation by Yonasson Gershom Pdf

Scattered throughout many kabbalistic and Hasidic texts are numerous teaching stories with reincarnation as their central theme. In order to make the classical stories understandable to the modern reader, each tale has been expanded to include clear explanations of cultural and religious details. Both classical and contemporary tales are included here, from sources as widely varied as kabbalistic texts, folklore anthologies, and discussion on the Internet. Of special interest are several new tales collected by the author himself, which have never before appeared in print.

Author : Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557048007

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Jewish Themes in Star Trek by Yonassan Gershom Pdf

Rabbi Gershom takes you where no rabbi has gone before! You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this well-researched and reader-friendly journey into Jewish themes, actors, writers, in-jokes and subtexts in the Star Trek Universe. Inspired by a class he taught at the Minneapolis Talmud Torah, the book explores such things as: The Jewish origin of the Vulcan salute; How Vulcan culture is based on rabbinical Judaism; "Who is a Jew" among Trek characters in episodes, movies and the novels; How Talmudic logic helped expand the Star Trek universe; Why Ferengi values are NOT Jewish values -- and much more!

Author : William C. Barnes,Yonassan Gershom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1312035919

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The Legend of Running Brook by William C. Barnes,Yonassan Gershom Pdf

An unseen Watcher lives in the land of the Kepke. He resides in the inner forest -- the Forest of Thought and Creation. He was sent by the Great Everywhere Father to observe and judge the Kepke people. Every Kepke man is warned not to venture too far away from the outer forest, for he might come upon the Watcher and die a terrible fearful death. Yet someday there will be a Kepke man who will possess great medicine. He will venture into the inner forest. The Watcher will seek him out and the lives of the Kepke will be changed forever. But the legends never say exactly HOW this will happen, or what the change will be. To find the answer, Running Brook must leave the land of the Kepke on a quest that will take him into the mystical Forest and deep within himself. (A spiritual fantasy tale by William C. Barnes with Yonassan Gershom.)

Author : Patricia Polacco
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307983343

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Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco Pdf

In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.

Author : David Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Rabbis
ISBN : 1422618595

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Rav Gustman by David Page Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Jews
ISBN : WISC:89060422599

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Who's who in American Jewry by Anonim Pdf