Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
- Published by: Basic Books October 10, 1991
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0465086322
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0465086320
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Book Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 11.4 ounces
Product Review
To Be a Jew, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin's classic guide to Jewish life, philosophy, and law has guided generations of Americans, Europeans, and Israelis to discover the treasures of their own religious traditions. First published in 1972, the book still stands as a reliable, practical and versatile resource for everyone from young girls preparing for bat mitzvah to old men returning to their spiritual roots. The book begins with an overview of Judaism's basic credo (including chapters on Israel's people, land, God, and Torah), moves on to describe the laws governing Jews' daily lives, the Jewish calendar, and "The Special Occasions of Life" from birth to death and mourning. One great strength of
To Be a Jew is its blending of folk wisdom and scholarly learning. Rabbi Donin not only describes what right belief and righteous action look like but provides a rationale for these observances that engages and embraces the basic conditions of modern life.
--Michael Joseph Gross
Product Review
"Belongs in every Jewish home." --
Rabbi Israel Klavan, Rabbinical Council of America"For a general discussion of Jewish living,
To Be a Jew is unexcelled. It is comprehensive and clear." --
Ruth Frank & William Wollheim,Book of Jewish Books
Reader Reviewsas a Muslim, I wanted to read a book about Judaism that can help me understand them without so much the effect of politics. this was it, and it has so many chapters of different Jewish Laws and guidance. I particularly liked the chapter of Sabbath. one thing I noticed, it just clears to me we are much closer than we think we are, the Muslims too are devoted to religion in a practical way as well as spiritual way, it's more of a way of life.
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