Herman Wouk - one of the most popular contemporary writers. Born in 1915 in the United States in a family of immigrants from Russia. He lives in California. Novels and plays Herman Wouk brought him worldwide fame. His books have been translated into dozens of languages, including Turkish and Japanese. They are published in millions of copies. For the novel "Mutiny on the ship" Buku Herman was awarded Puliti-Cera - National Literary Award, USA.
On the novels of Herman Wouk on themes of World War II created a series of television films that have been passed by all television stations the United States "from coast to coast," and enjoyed tremendous success.
The book Herman Wouk "This is my Gd" stands alone in his work. The writer makes it difficult to solve the problem: with his easy style and no false pseudoscientific he gives a broad and accurate picture of history, attitude, customs, rituals and way of life of the Jewish people. Given that many of the issues raised, there are various conflicting opinions, the author of nowhere and in no way imposes on the reader his point of view.
The book will undoubtedly be useful to anyone who is interested in the treasures of the spirit and culture of mankind.
Table of Contents
Part One HOW TO SURVIVORS of ancient peoples Prologue ................................................. .................................. 13 Chapter One. Who are we? .............................................. 21 Chapter Two. Symbols ................................................. ...... 45 Part Two SOME of the commandment Chapter Three. Faith ................................................. ............. 57 Chapter Four. Shabbat ................................................. .... 66 Chapter Five. Holidays Nature ...................................... 83 Chapter Six. Days of Awe ................................................ 104 Chapter Seven. Secondary Holy Days ................. 123 Chapter Eight. Prayer, the synagogue and the faithful ............. 139 Chapter Nine. The laws relating to food, clothing and home ................................................. ...................... 163 Chapter Ten. The birth and childhood. Men and women ................................................. ................... 189 Chapter Eleven. Love and marriage, some delicate deviation ........................................... 209 Chapter Twelve. Death ................................................ 234 Part Three LAW Chapter Thirteen. Whose authority the law says ....... 252 Chapter Fourteen. Torah ............................................... 254 Chapter Fifteen. The Talmud ................................................ 273 Chapter Sixteen. Jewish common law ................. 285 Chapter Seventeen. From the Talmud - to the present ....... 296 The fourth part of the Present Chapter Eighteen. Present .............................. 316 Chapter Nineteen. The fruits of education .................... 317 Chapter Twenty. Orthodox Judaism .................... 321 Chapter Twenty-One. The split .......................................... 336 Chapter Twenty-Two. Israel ....................................... 363 Epilogue ................................................. ................................... 384 Afterword ................................................. ......................... 407 Afterword to the Russian edition of ...................................... 417 Notes ................................................. .......................... 421
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