Быть евреем

The main goal of this book is to give the reader who has not received a Jewish education direct instructions on how to fulfill the commandments in the modern world. The book will be useful to people of any age and social status.

TABLE OF CONTENTS PrefaceIntroductionPart one. FOUNDATIONS OF OUR FAITHChapter 1. The Cornerstones of Judaism
Chapter 2. Halakha - the Jewish Way
Chapter 3. The Meaning of the CommandmentsPart Two. DAILY JEWISH LIFEChapter 4. Kindness: the end and the means
Chapter 5. The Sabbath: an island in the ocean of time
Chapter 6. Dietary laws: food for the soul
Chapter 7. Family life: the key to happiness< br />Chapter 8. Signs of the covenant: love and reverence
Chapter 9. SynagoguePart three. SPECIAL DAYS OF THE YEARChapter 10. Major holidays
Chapter 11. Pesach
Chapter 12. Shavuot
Chapter 13. Days of repentance
Chapter 14. Sukkot
Chapter 15. Post-biblical holidays and postsPart four. SPECIAL DAYS IN A PERSON'S LIFEChapter 16. Birth of a child
Chapter 17. Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
Chapter 18. Marriage
Chapter 19. Death and mourning
Chapter 20. Adoption of children and giyurEpilogue. THE MEANING OF RETURNING TO THE FAITH