A Handbook for the Jewish Home
This is the Perfect Jewish HOW TO Book – much too big to call a Guide it has over 340 pages – but it does Guide you – it is a great companion full of useful practical instruction. Easy to read, understand and put into practice - this book was written for those who have questions – want Answers based on Jewish Tradition - but do not know whom to ask.. The Author has done a great service and this essential guide should be in every Jewish Home. Without underestimating the reader's intelligence or overestimating his or her Jewish knowledge, the handbook instructs us how to derive the most from life's joyous occasions (picking a name for a newborn, preparing for a Bar and Bat Mitzva, planning a wedding celebration) and how to cope with the painful ones (arranging for a divorce, making funeral preparations, observing the rituals of mourning). It teaches us how to establish a kosher home, properly affix a mezuza to a doorpost, don tefillin, light Sabbath and holiday candles, and recite the Kiddush over wine. So that we might obtain maximum pleasure and inspiration from the Jewish days of celebration, it also presents background on each of the holidays and offers step-by-step guidance on how to observe the relevant customs.
About - A Handbook for the Jewish Home
This is the Perfect Jewish HOW TO Book – much too big to call a Guide it has over 340 pages – but it does Guide you – it is a great companion full of useful practical instruction. Easy to read, understand and put into practice - this book was written for those who have questions – want Answers based on Jewish Tradition - but do not know whom to ask.. The Author has done a great service and this essential guide should be in every Jewish Home. Without underestimating the reader's intelligence or overestimating his or her Jewish knowledge, the handbook instructs us how to derive the most from life's joyous occasions (picking a name for a newborn, preparing for a Bar and Bat Mitzva, planning a wedding celebration) and how to cope with the painful ones (arranging for a divorce, making funeral preparations, observing the rituals of mourning). It teaches us how to establish a kosher home, properly affix a mezuza to a doorpost, don tefillin, light Sabbath and holiday candles, and recite the Kiddush over wine. So that we might obtain maximum pleasure and inspiration from the Jewish days of celebration, it also presents background on each of the holidays and offers step-by-step guidance on how to observe the relevant customs.
Taking into account that the Jewish mosaic is diverse and that religious law can be intimidating, A Handbook for the Jewish Home explains the varieties of Jewish observance in straightforward language and compact, easy-to-understand units. Whether discussing how to Kindle a Chanuka Menora, assemble a lulav and the four species or conduct a Traditional Passover Seder, it equips us with the knowledge and confidence necessary to fulfill Jewish tradition with the comfort of knowing what and why you are doing it.
About the Author
Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch, a graduate of the Teachers' Institute of Yeshiva University and its College of Liberal Arts, was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, which subsequently awarded him the Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa. Early in his career, he served as Rabbi of congregations in Columbia, South Carolina, and Kew Gardens, New York, and as a Chaplain in the United States Army.
Rabbi Kolatch has authored more than fifty books, the most popular of which are the best-selling Jewish Book of Why and Second Jewish Book of Why, The Jewish Book of Why: The Torah, The Jewish Mourner's Book of Why, The New Name Dictionary and more.