Way back. Jew Handbook

Our ancient suffering people went through a thousand years of exile, persecution and oppression of other peoples. What kept him? What is the secret of strength and longevity of the Jews? What does it mean to be a Jew? What is the Torah? What is our world? What is the purpose and meaning of life? How to buy happiness? What is the mitzvot, the commandments, what is their meaning and how they perform?

The Torah explores these questions and we give the sources from which information has been taken. We go on a journey, which consists of three stages.

The first way human history from Adam to Moses. This is the story of generations and the birth of the Jewish people. These chapters will help you understand the cause and development of historical events.

The second path is dedicated to the essence and meaning of Judaism. Its purpose to protect us from harm and misery, lying in wait at every turn, to support and help to return to the precepts of our fathers.

Third Way provides a brief set of laws of Jewish life and can serve as reference for the present any reasonable Jew that could find and establish itself in our world.

All Jewish communities have contributed to Jewish history, but Russian-speaking Jews were affected to a greater extent, as the Jews in Russia, and later in the Soviet Union were not only physical but also spiritual pursuit.

In many cities, in many places have been modest and invisible characters, maintain and transmit to others the knowledge of Torah and Jewish tradition. So it was in the Ukraine and Byelorussia, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Fifteen years ago, children in the Jewish village of Krasnaya Sloboda, in Azerbaijan, so dreamed about his future:

"I'm Edgar, son of Alec Isakov. I am 11 years old. I am a Jew highland. I want to learn Torah and Hebrew. I'm still a boy, but soon become a great and wise for the Jewish people. Maybe my job will be a doctor or a teacher, businessman or an engineer, a farmer, or a bet-chazan Knesset, but above all I am right and righteous Jew. With God's help. 5756 year, the 25th of Kislev. "
(Letter translated from the Hebrew original is kept at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.)

Years passed, children grown, Edgar was in the UK higher education, lives in Moscow, keep the commandments. A "Way back" is open to all.

This is the third edition of the book, which has become a practical guide for many, many Russian-speaking Jews around the world. We go back to its roots, back to our traditions, we come back to the Torah. We are sure that soon all the Jews gather in the Holy Land and will be one for all law and one language. In the meantime, make every effort to support each other, as it should be in our people.