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S.
Mourning in halachah.
Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Pub
lications, 1991. 504 p.
Laws pertaining to visiting the sick, the final days, funeral prep
arations, and mourning customs and practices.
F
r a n k
, Y
i t z c h a k
.
Practical Talmud dictionary.
Spring Valley,
N Y :
Feldheim, 1991. 336 p.
Over 2 ,000 Aramaic and Hebrew entries, vocalized and trans
lated into English.
Gates of healing: a message of comfort and hope.
New York: CCAR Press,
1991. 28 p.
Contains prayers, meditations, and readings meant to inspire
and comfort people who are ill at home or in a hospital.
G
in s b u r g h
, Y
iz c h o k
.
Alef beit: Jewish thought revealed through the Hebrew
letters.
Northvale, NJ: J . Aronson, 1991. 520 p.
Through close examination of each letter we learn about the
Jewish life-cycle, holidays, Jewish thought and belief.
G
l u s t r o m
, S
im o n
.
When your child asks: a handbook for Jewish parents.
New York: Bloch Publishing, 1991. 165 p.
Covers the Jewish view of God, the Bible, customs and cere
monies, holidays, anti-Semitism, death, etc.
H
e r t z b e r g
, A
r t h u r
,
ed.
Judaism: the key spiritual writings of the Jewish
tradition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 336 p.
Jewish texts arranged by subject: People, God, Torah, The Cycle
of the Year, Land, Doctrine, and Prayer.
H
o l t z
, B
a r r y
W., ed.
Schocken guide toJewish books: where to start reading
about Jewish history, literature, culture and religion.
New York:
Schocken Books, 1992. 320 p.
Experts introduce books available on Bible, Talmud, Jewish his
tory, Holocaust, Israel, religious life and customs, mysticism, He
brew and Yiddish literature, Jewish feminism, and books for Bar/
Bat mitzvah age.
J
a c o b
, W
a l t e r
and
M
o sh e
Z
e m e r
,
eds.
Dynamic Jewish law: progressive
halakhah: essence and application.
Pittsburgh, PA: Rodef Shalom
Press (4905 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15123), 1991. 148 p.
Includes papers by Haim Cohen, W. Gunther Plaut and Hyam
Maccoby.
K
a g an
, I
s r a e l
M
e i r
.
The Chofetz Chaim looks at the ultimate treasure.
Spring Valley, NY: Feldheim, 1991. 222 p.
The Chofetz Chaim enjoins his fellow Jews to acquire the Torah,
through personal diligence, learning, or supporting Torah study.
K
a p l a n
, A
r y e h
.
Aryeh Kaplan anthology,
vol. II. Brooklyn, NY: NCSY/
Mesorah Publications, 1991. 399 p.
Essays on the Mikvah, Sabbath, Jerusalem, Tefillin and Tzitzit,
that have helped make the author famous.