Author: Barbara Diamond GoldinPublisher: Jason Aronson Incorporated
ISBN: 9780876688373
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Presents stories of heroic individuals from the Talmud and Midrash.
A Child's Book of Midrash
Author: Barbara Diamond GoldinPublisher: Jason Aronson Incorporated
ISBN: 9780876688373
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Presents stories of heroic individuals from the Talmud and Midrash.
The Family Book of Midrash
Author: Barbara Diamond GoldinPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742579670
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
This collection gives the reader a taste of the thousands of stories one can find in the treasure house of rabbinic literature. Some of these stories are humorous, some mysteriuos, some tense with drama or adventure, some filled with the joy of a miracle and the beauty of faith. All of these stories come from either the Talmud or the Midrash. This collection shows that these rabbinical stories are not old and outdated, but alive and timeless, for future generations to continue to enjoy.
Midrash
Author: Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg SassoPublisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1612614442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The rabbis of old believed that the Torah was divinely revealed and therefore contained eternal, perfect truths and hidden meaning that required elucidation. The meaning of a text was more complicated than simply reading it. And meaning changed over time. This understanding of how the Bible mystically relates to all of life is the fertile ground from which Midrash emerged. Rabbi Sasso explores how Midrash originated, how it is still used today, and offers new translations and interpretations of more than twenty essential Midrash texts.
Before You Were Born
Author: Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781596430280
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Retells a folktale in which Lailah, a guardian angel, places the indentation that everyone has on the upper lip just before a baby is born.
The Book of Secrets
Author: Mat TontiPublisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1728405572
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This exciting graphic novel presents a series of puzzling mystical Jewish stories weaving together a daring adventure tale, following siblings Rose and Ben as they search for their missing grandparents, aided only by a mysterious book, a lantern, and their wits. Anticipating danger, the kids' grandmother, Bubbe, appears to the twins in a cloud of flour and tells them to find a package that contains a book. The midrash stories they findabout the flying Ziz, the giant Og, the gatekeeper at a maze, and a treasure-seeker who lives in a mushroom hutprovide insights into defeating the creepy sorceress scheming to take the book. As the mystery deepens, the siblings must follow the Lamplighter's wise advice, slip past a guard into a maze, reunite with their grandparents, and learn why they have inherited the responsibility to protect the bookand the Jewish people.
God's Echo
Author: Sandy Eisenberg SassoPublisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1612611826
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
The Rabbis of old believed that the Torah was divinely revealed and therefore contained eternal, perfect truths and hidden meaning that required elucidation. The meaning of a text was more complicated than simply reading it. And meaning changed over time. This understanding of how the Bible mystically relates to all of life is the fertile ground from which midrash emerged. "The rabbis believed that nothing in the Bible, not the choice of words or their spellings, not the order of events or the relationship of one text to another, was haphazard or inconsequential. Everything was there with purpose. They deemed it their reponsibility to discover connections and harmony where on the surface none appeared to exist. A text may contain multiple meanings. Time is of no consequence. They felt free to read back into old stories what happened in future eras, and to see in the early stories of Genesis a foreshadowing of future events." In this engaging book, Rabbi Sasso explores how midrash originated, how it is still used today, and offers new translations and interpretations of more than twenty essential midrash texts.
Ten Classic Jewish Children's Stories
Author: Publisher: Devora Publishing
ISBN: 9780943706887
Category : Aggada
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The stories in this book have become part of the legacy that links both the written tradition (the Torah) and the oral tradition (the Talmud) to the Jewish people.
Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim
Author: Deborah Bodin CohenPublisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
ISBN: 1512491802
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
For generations Nachshon’s family has been enslaved by the Egyptian Pharaoh. Nachshon is afraid it will be his destiny too. Then Moses confronts the fearsome Pharaoh, and Nachshon’s dream of freedom begins to come true. But soon he has to overcome his own special fear. The story of the brave boy who was the first to jump into the sea will inspire young and old alike.
Flowers of the Midrash for the Schools and Homes
Author: Joseph CohnMiriam at the River
Author: Jane YolenPublisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (Tm)
ISBN: 1541544005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharoah's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based.