Book of Our Heritage. 2 volume

Become classical the book of the known popular writer of the Jewish tradition about the Jewish calendar, its memorials and their value.

"The Book of Our Heritage" - is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Jewish life and traditional spirituality. The author, a distinguished thinker and a famous popularizer of Jewish values ​​in the most accessible form introduces readers to the intellectual and spiritual riches, the coating of the concepts of the Jewish calendar, its holidays and special dates. A detailed exposition of the laws and customs of the holidays, a description of their origin and the philosophical and mystical ideas connected with the Jewish annual cycle, the texts of classical Jewish sources, the reference to the folklore and humor, makes "The Book of Our Heritage" an inexhaustible source of knowledge about Judaism, customs and traditions of the people. Sefer Gatodaa - the book is not only useful and practical, but also, really interesting and exciting. No coincidence that it was a book for family reading in Jewish homes, where they speak different languages ​​and have different customs, and the most important educational tool in schools of different levels, in the synagogues and Jewish communities.

Contents:

Chapter Ten
Month of Adar
Adar
Constellation Pisces
Announcement of Kila
With the onset of Adar multiply the fun
The seventh of Adar
In the hope of salvation
Fear of the Court
Stories of Jewish sages birth Moshe
From the stories of the Jewish sages of the death of Moses
The correct spelling of the words "Moshe Rabbeinu"
The custom associated with the seventh of Adar, its meaning and origin
The exact implementation of the law
Chapter Eleven
"REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID Amalek"
Parashat Zachor and its laws
Amalek
The hatred of Amalek to Israel
The first of the enemies of Israel
"First fruits" - is Truma
The strength of Amalek
Rephidim
"Masa and Meribah"
Idolatry in the camp
Remember what Amalek did to you
The commandment of hatred
From the stories of our Sages
Day Toriyanusa
Chapter Twelve
Purim
Day of battle - a day of fasting
"Ta'anit Esther"
The half-shekel
Nicanor Day
Days of Purim
The commandments of the holiday
Triple Purim
Reading the Megillah
Blessings associated with the reading of the Megillah
A resident of the "big city" or "village", leaving it to the Purim
From the stories of our sages of the "Megillah"
Hamann letter to all the peoples of the Persian Empire, written in the name of king Ahasuerus
Gaman and children who study Torah
Three verses and three wars
Children's voices
Prayer Mordechai
Esther's Prayer
Esther in the courtyard of the royal palace
Council Zeresh
Wood for the gallows
The king loses sleep
Son of Ahasuerus and his key
Feast and fun
Pier - the evening
The importance of the feast of Purim in
"Cursed Haman" and "Blessed Mordechai"
The origin of the custom to dress in Purim
For miracles ...
"Piute KROBATS" on Purim
Gifts to the poor
Items in the gift
Love and unity - a shield against Amalek
Humility and gratitude
Purim and Yom Kippur
Purim and "Megillat Esther" will not be canceled
Chapter Thirteen
END of the month Adar
Social needs
Those who care for them
Twentieth Adar
Following his roots
"Maas Couple"
On the meaning of the commandments
Allusions and references to the commandments
Twenty-eighth of Adar
Second Adar
"Parashat Gahodesh"
Chapter Fourteen
The month of Nisan
"The head of the month"
Public disclosure
Stories of Jewish sages related to "head of the month"
Month exemption
The first of the month
Stories of the sages of the new year and time of month
Israel and other nations
The "first" - the main and most important
Potential updates - only in the Torah
Nissan
The commandment to consider him the first
"Days interrupted"
Blessing of flowering trees
Blessing of the Sun
Sunny period
The first of Nisan
The new year for the five events
The Parable of Nadab and Abigail
In the days of Ezra and Nehemiah
Indication
Customs associated with the first of Nisan, and subsequent days of the month
Kimchi depiskha
Sanctity customs of Israel
Chapter Fifteen
Holy Saturday and the tenth of Nisan
Holy Saturday
Gaftara Holy Saturday - Vearva
The memory of the miracle
A few more stories about the Great Sabbath
The customs of Holy Saturday
Tenth of Nisan
Temporary and permanent
Stories of sages righteous Miriam
Well (source) Miriam
Chapter Sixteen
Chametz and matzah
The destruction of chametz
Do not be visible, not in the possession
Search and cancellation of chametz
Search time
Candle search
Blessing in search
The order of search
After completing the quest
Sale of chametz
Chametz and related prohibitions
The strictness of prohibitions related to the chametz
Cleansing dishes
"DEFEND" and regular matzo
"After spending the night water"
Matzo hand and machine baking
Pulse
Soaked matzo
A few more words about the search for chametz
Chametz and matzah
Out of nothing leavened and of no honey not burned Gd
Look at the spelling of words
While searching for chametz - coming of age
No righteous man on earth who never sins
One against the other
Clean the language and read the Haggadah
A few more words about the search for chametz and purity of language
Chapter Seventeen
Erev Pesach
Day 14 of Nisan
Morning prayer on the eve of Passover
Post the first-born
Post righteous
Work on the eve of Passover
Destruction and cancellation of chametz
The destruction of expired Ma'aser
Confession (Viduy) on Ma'aser
Stories of the sages of this confession
Uttered in awe
The story of Ma'aser
Day, prepared for the blessing
Blessing, not a curse
What can and can not eat on the eve of Passover
Making matsat Mitzvah
Custom and Halakhah
Warning
History
Reading the Constitution Passover sacrifice
The importance of the Passover sacrifice
As Jerusalem could accommodate the entire Jewish people
The eve of Passover in the Temple
Some laws Passover sacrifice
In three shifts
How to roast and eat the Passover sacrifice
The house in which eat the Passover sacrifice, becomes the temple courts
Incineration residues Passover sacrifice
Gift of God
Hagiga the 14th of Nisan
The story of the Roman governor
Current warning
Eruv - a compound (mixing) of yards and dishes
Cleansing in the mikvah
Preparing for the Seder
Chapter Eighteen
Seder night
The custom of the wise
The execution of commands
Before the sun
Evening prayer in the synagogue
Night, sanctifying holiday
White robes worn by Seder
Light Candles
The order of the Passover night
The commandments Easter night in our time
The rules of the Seder
A summary of the Seder
Signs of the Seder
Fifteen concepts - against the fifteen steps of liberation
Comment Alshiha
Kiddush - sanctification of the day
The meaning of the commandments of Easter night
2. Four glasses of wine
3. Red wine
4. The commandment of the four glasses do not require a special blessing
5. Blessing "... who created the fruit of the vine" on all four glasses
6. Fifth cup
7. Three matzah
8. Rush
9. Maror and charoset
10. Karpas
12. "Zroa" and the egg
13. Dipping eggs in salt water
14. Afikomen
15. Customs associated with afikomanom
16. What is Afikomen
17. Reading of the Haggadah
Start with conviction, and finish the glorification
How does the Haggadah
The interpretation of the components of the Haggadah
Reading of the Haggadah in foreign languages
Chapter Nineteen
Songs and libel
Canticles
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine
Great comparison
Song of Songs on Passover
What does the book of Zohar
Easter Night - Leil Shimura
Four nights
Miracles performed in Egypt Selections from the Midrash
Hate to Jacob
Fictions villains belonging to different nations, who invented the blood libel
Slaves envy free
Who invented the blood libel
A world full of hatred
Murder of Jews in Poland and Russia
The case of the rabbi of Prague
Chapter Twenty
PASSOVER AND OMER
Passover
Passover symbolizes all holidays
Badu - days that does not begin Passover
Eid prayers at Passover
Reading of the Torah on Pesach
Signs of Torah reading
Gaftara on Pesach
Passover - the day of judgment
Blessing Dew
Anyone who mistakenly blesses rain
Laws Gavdaly a holiday
Second Soul
Counting of the Omer
Do not utter Shegeheyanu
On the meaning of the commandments
On the meaning of the commandments of Counting of the Omer
From the book of Zohar
Seven qualities Counting of the Omer
Seven qualities of the fathers of the Jewish people
Seven weeks and seven qualities
Additional considerations relating to the Counting of the Omer
Fifty of the Exodus
How cold gamoed
Seven weeks
The source of life for the entire year
Seven and a seventh degree
What we believe
The commandment of the Omer
Stories of sages Omer
Laws relating to the grain of the new harvest
Day 16 of Nisan
Hall gamoed
Superimposition of tefillin in the cold gamoed
A few words about the sanctity of cold gamoeda
Chapter Twenty-One
Seventh Day Pesach and end of the month of Nisan
The seventh day of Passover
What happened in the seven days of Passover
On this very day,
The vigil on the night of the seventh day of Passover
The transition of the Red Sea The Return
The great strength of the song
Zohar of Shirat ha-Yam
Midrash
The last day of Passover
Isru Chag
The origin of the custom
The treatise "Ethics of the Fathers"
Every Jew has a share in the World to Come
Grief and mourning in the days Counting of the Omer
The disciples of Rabbi Akiva
The laws and customs of the days Counting of the Omer
One of the eight
The key to well-being
Chapter Twenty-two
Iyar
Month of Iyar
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
The first of Iyar
Greatest Generation
A few more words about the first of Iyar
Days BaGaB
The fifth of Iyar
The years spent in Eretz Yisrael, and years of longing for her
Last exile
The peoples of the world amazed
Confusion in the world
Confusion in Israel
On the sins of the past and present
Pros and cons
Sins Against merit
On board non-religious people
The handiwork of God - or the work of Satan
So ...
However ...
"Second Passover"
Unlike Passover sacrifice from other offerings
For what we are prejudiced?
Briefly about the laws of the "Second Passover"
"Second Passover" at the time of Hizkiyagu
"Second Passover" - the 14th of Iyar
Lag B'Omer
Glorification of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Candles, torches and bonfires
The custom of cutting children Lag B'Omer
Bow and arrow on Lag B'Omer
A few more words about the Lag Ba-Omer
Twentieth Iyar
As Jews wandered
"Degel" of Israel
Each under its own flag ("Degel")
Each with their own native
The 28th of Iyar
He smote the Egyptians camp
Difficult signs of Moshiach
In defense of Israel
Chapter Twenty-three
SIVAN - Shavuot
Sivan
Laws Sivan
Days of limitations and purification
Destination
Have you seen ...
Seventh, it is the sixth ...
The names of the holiday
Day of the meeting
Only one holiday
As the apple tree among the forest trees
Clear day holiday
Two oaths
The laws and customs of the holiday of Shavuot
"Akdamot"
Synopsis "Akdamot"
History "Akdamot"
"Azgarot"
"Ketubah"
Reading of the Torah on Shavuot
The top and bottom rows of melodic
Musaf sacrifices on Shavuot
The custom of eating dairy dishes on Shavuot
The origin of this custom
Flowers and grass on Shavuot
Long custom
The taste of milk and honey
The customs of the transmission of the Torah
The vigil on the night of Shavuot
Word of the Zohar
The stories of the Torah sages
Jewish children - are responsible for the Torah
People and angels vied for the Torah
Why does the Torah was given in the desert
We will do and obey
Why does the Torah was given to Israel after the Exodus from Egypt
Why does the Torah was given in the month of Sivan
Why does the Torah was given on Mount Sinai
Shivers and Awe
After the thunder - the silence
The voice of God in the power of
Like a hammer, crushing the rock
Filling the whole world
The entire Torah - the whole
The words and the power of Torah
Stories of the sages of the Ten Commandments
I - L-rd, your Gd
You shall have no other gods
Do not misuse the name of the L-rd your Gd, in vain
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
Honor thy father and thy mother
Do not kill
Do not commit adultery
Thou shalt not steal
Do not speak highly of your melee false testimony
Do not covet
Reading the Book of Ruth
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
RUTH AND DAVID
Ruth
No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter into the community of the Most High
Mercy Abraham
In the fields of Moab
Original mother of the royal family
Judah
Mercy Ruth
Your entire
For you, I'll put on their robes even
David, great-grandson of Ruth
Song of the Torah
The great mystery
Poverty and deprivation
Riddle of mystery
One mystery after another
Such is the will of God
In the balance
This is it!
By the will of God - in the dark
Suffering - with joy and love
In the arid desert
With beautiful eyes and a beautiful
The eighth son of Yishai
"Come on, and bring him here!"
Doubts Eliav
Servant of the Most High
By order of Yishai
Conceals more than it reveals
The voice of God's anointed
Hard thinking
Note the eternity of the Davidic dynasty
David Day
Stories about David Wise Men
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
TORAH AND TRADITION
Torah and tradition
The first Torah scroll
Gd dictated and Moses wrote down
Oral tradition - in the Written Torah
The tradition of writing the Torah
Split text into parts when writing a Sefer Torah
Some of the most important rules for writing a Sefer Torah
Split text into parts that are not listed on Mount Sinai
Five Books of the Torah
"Parshiet"
"Open" and "Closed" "parshiet"
Briefly about some of the chapters of the Torah
"Pasuk" - the phrase in the Torah
Chronology of the Torah
The letters in the Torah
Write some letters in the Torah
Large letters
Lowercase letters
The interpretation given Rabbi Akiva large and small letters
The letter in the beginning of the page
The letters, which are above the point
The story of the "marked points" places in Scripture
"Crown" on the letters
Melodic reading of the Torah and its signs
The division into chapters of the Torah
Chapter Twenty-six
Bikur AND THE END OF THE MONTH SIVAN
While bringing "Bikurim"
Great testimony
Day of sacrifice
The twentieth of Sivan
In the 4931-m (1,171-m), the
In the 5410-m (1650-m), the
Chapter twenty seven
Tammuz
Tamuz
The post of the 17th of Tammuz
Five disasters in one day
The 17th of Tammuz in the desert
Make us an idol
Pacifying
How were broken tablets
The path of repentance
Permanent cessation of sacrifices
The destruction of the walls of Jerusalem
How Apustumus burned Torah
Idol, submitted to the Temple
Laws relating to the 17th of Tammuz
Between the two posts
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
MONTH AB
Month of Av
Rosh Chodesh Av
With the arrival of Ava
Sabbath "Chazon"
The eve of the 9th of Av
Laws relating to the 9th of Av
Evening Prayer of the 9th of Av
Morning Prayer of the 9th of Av
Mincha 9th of Av
The outcome of the 9th of Av
In memory of the destruction of the Temple
Anyone who sees the ruined cities of Judah
Woes which befell Israel 9th ​​of Av
As Jews were crying for no reason
What are they crying
Fear of Divinity
Face to face
The beginning and the end of the road
Let us send men before him
Send yourself people
The weakness of the spirit
The Royal Palace
Crying at all times
After the verdict
9th of Av in the desert
Death of the First and Second Temples
Stories about the death of the Temple of Zion
Gave vent to anger
The death of the Second Temple and the fall of Betar
"Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza was destroyed Jerusalem ..."
"Because of a rooster and a hen was destroyed royal mountain"
"Because of the peg from the chariot died Beitar"
The sanctity of the Temple after its destruction
The reasons for the destruction of both Temples
After the destruction of the Temple
The expulsion of the Jews from Spain
Home Disaster
First exile
"The Golden Age"
The dark days of returning
Pogroms and exile
Marana
Inquisition
Edict of expulsion
Hardness of Mercy
After the publication of the decree
With singing and praise
The suffering of the exiles
Saturday Nachamu and seven "Gaftparot consolation"
Why seven "Haftorahs comfort"?
Stories of sages "Haftorahs consolation" Double comfort
The future of Jerusalem
The future of Eretz Yisrael
On the timing of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem
There is no peace villains
Light of Messiah opens
The bridge, which involves the nations of the world and Israel
The merit of accepting the Torah
15th of Av
Termination of Death in the Desert
Lifting restrictions
As Yom Kippur
Holiness and decency
The opening of the road to Jerusalem
The day when stopped procure wood for the Temple
The explanation of the Vilna Gaon
Multiply Torah classes
Jews killed in Beitar
The end of "the year of planting"
Getting "court days"
18th of Av
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Elul
Elul
Days of goodwill
Symbols of Elul
The sounding of the shofar
Death to spies
25th of Elul
Construction of the wall around Jerusalem
Do not bless offensive Tishrei
"Selichot"
"Teshuva" - a gift of God
Basics of "teshuva"
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Be saved in one hour
Repentance righteous
Another end of the year
Termination of vows on the eve of Rosh Hashanah