The book of Jewish knowledge : 613 basic facts about Judaism / David E. Cahn-Lipman. [print]

PennsylvaniaRT I: FACTS -- Holidays -- TaNaCH -- Ritual objects, dress, and prayer -- History, Jewish texts, and tradition -- Israel: the geography and history of the modern state -- Jewish thought and values

PennsylvaniaRT II: DATA -- Holidays -- Jewish Time -- Festival Rituals -- Holidays in Tishri -- Rosh HaShanah -- Yom Kippur -- Sukkot -- Simchat Torah -- Chanukkah -- Tu BiShvat -- Purim -- Pesach -- Shavuot -- Yom HaShoah -- Yom HaAtzmaut -- Tisha B'Av -- Shabbat -- Havdalah -- TaNaCH -- TaNaCH/Torah Overview -- Creation and the Garden of Eden -- Cain and Abel -- Noah -- The Tower of Babel -- Abraham and Related Stories -- Isaac and Related Stories -- Jacob and Esau -- Jacob and Family -- Joseph -- Moses and Enslavement in Egypt -- Exodus from Egypt -- Revelation at Sinai -- The Golden Calf -- Mishkan and Furnishings -- Priests and the Sacrificial Cult -- The Holiness Code -- Sh'mittah -- Nadav and Avihu -- Scouting the Land of Canaan -- Korach -- Waters of Merribah -- Zelophechad's Daughters -- Cities of Refuge -- Moses' Death -- Joshua -- Judges -- Samson -- The United Monarchy -- The Divided Kingdom and Prophets -- Babylonian Exile and Return -- The Writings -- The Apocrypha -- Ritual Objects, Dress, and Prayer -- Introduction to Customs -- Torah as Ritual Object -- Synagogue Objects and Furnishings -- TaNaCH Translations and Objects -- Personal Ritual Objects Mentioned in Torah -- Jewish Clothing and Hair Customs -- The Importance of the Divine Name -- Ritual Purity -- Marriage, Divorce, and Associated Laws -- Birth and Entering the Covenant -- Bar/Bat Mitzvah -- Death and Mourning -- Blessings -- Prayer and Prayerbooks -- Prayer Services and Their Rubrics -- Torah Reading as a Ritual -- History, Jewish Texts, and Tradition -- Roman Period and Herod -- Roman Period and Jewish Political Groups -- Jesus and Christianity -- The Mishnaic Period -- Talmudic Period -- The Geonic Period -- The Crusader Period -- Spanish Jewry -- Medieval Europe -- Christian Spain -- Ladino and Yiddish -- Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Chasidic Judaism -- First Jews in North America -- Spinoza -- The Rothschilds -- Enlightenment and Haskalah -- The Shtetl -- Western Europe in the Nineteenth Century -- America in the Nineteenth Century -- Rise of Jewish Institutions -- Mass Jewish Migration to the United States -- European Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust -- 1945-1991 -- Israel: The Geography and History of the Modern State -- Importance in the Ancient Middle East -- Geography of Israel -- Significance for Muslims, Christians, and Jews -- From Ottoman Turks to British Mandate -- The British Mandate -- The British Mandate -- Israel as a State -- Events from 1983-1991 -- Jewish Thought and Values -- Modern Jewish Thinkers -- Tzedakah and Gemilut Chasadim -- Conversion -- Dietary Rules -- Jewish Concepts and Beliefs -- Gematriya -- Homosexuality -- Tikkum Olam -- Resurrection -- Intermarriage -- Gambling -- Abortion -- Jewish Value Terms

PennsylvaniaRT III: TWO SELF-TESTS -- Passive Retention -- Active Knowledge

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