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BOOKS - MEAM LOEZ
“It makes you feel like becoming a better Jew”
The first book I would recommend for beginners is Meam Loez. Meam Loez is a Sephardic classic, an anthology of the commentaries, Midrashim and Talmudic stories around the Perasha of the week and the whole Tanach. The current English edition, translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, consists on 43 volumes. Meam Loez was originally written in ladino by Rabbi Yaakob Kholi (one of my ancestors from my mother’s side) and after his death by Rabbi Ytzchak Magriso and other Rabbis from Turkey.
I would suggest starting from the books on the Chumash, following the Perasha of the week.
For more information about Meam Loez and rabbi Yaakob Kholi go to the following article written by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan himself.
URL: http://www.famousrabbis.com/meam.htm |
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BOOKS - PIRKE AVOT
Pirke Avot / Ethics of the Fathers is a tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period. It is the second-last tractate in the Mishnaic order Nezikin.
The tractate consists of six chapters. It begins with an order of transmission of the tradition from Moses receiving the Torah at Sinai who then transmits it, through various generations, to the Rabbis (Avot 1:1). Pirke Avot contains sayings attributed to sages from Simon the Just (3rd century B.C.E.) to Judah haNasi (3rd century C.E.), redactor of the Mishnah. These aphorisms concern proper ethical and social conduct, as well as the importance of Torah study.
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BOOKS - PIRKE AVOT OF MEAM LOEZ
There is a Pirke Avot volume in the collection Meam Loez, which would also be my first recommendation.
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BOOKS - ETHICS FROM SINAI BY IRVING M. BUNIM
Another superb book on Pirke Avot. Highly recommended!
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ARYEH KAPLAN'S BOOKS
Jewish Meditation - For acquiring the tools to focus on Tefila and especially the Amida.
If You Were God - Why the need for a chosen people? What happens after we die? Why did God created the world?
The real Messiah? - A Jewish response to missioners and a refreshing Jewish view on Christianity.
ANI MAMIN Maimonides' Principles - The foundation of Jewish Faith - To learn and understand what the principles of our faith are, by the hand of Maimonides.
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BOOKS BY SHIMON APISDORF ON JEWISH HOLIDAYS
Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur Survival Kit - Get it!!! A companion book for high Holidays Tefilot. Have it next to your Machzor!
Chanukah Eight Nights of Lights, Eight Gifts for the Soul - A fresh an inspiring look at the festival of lights.
The One Hour Purim Primer - To understand and celebrate Purim.
Passover Survival Kit - A must, if you want to have a meaningful family Seder.
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