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The Book of Jewish Belief ~ Louis Jacobs / Paperback / Published 1984
Reading Level: Ages 4-8

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The Book of Letters : A Mystical Alef-Bait ~ Lawrence Kushner / Hardcover / Published 1991

The Book of Letters is full of seriously playful insights and is a marvelous guide to meditation, a primer for students of Hebrew calligraphy, and a fun introduction to learning Hebrew.

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Close Encounters : Jewish Views About God ~ Ronald H. Isaacs, Ronald Issacs / Hardcover / Published 1997
Beginning with the premise that there is no universally accepted Jewish concept of God, Issacs introduces a variety of Jewish approaches to understanding God. He presents the ways in which the Bible, rabbinic literature, mysticism and prayerbooks view God, and he examines the perspectives on God of ancient, medieval and modern theologians and philosophers.

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Hasidic Wisdom : Sayings from the Jewish Sages ~ Simcha Raz (Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1998

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In My Flesh I See God : A Treasury of Rabbinic Insights About the Human Anatomy ~ Avraham Yaakov Finkel (Editor), Avraham Finkel / Hardcover / Published 1995
This book focuses on the inner meaning and spiritual aspects of the human body, its limbs and organs, as well as on physical health, marriage, dream interpretation, and related topics, seen through they eye of the sages of the Talmud and the Kaballah, chasidic masters, and great Jewish thinkers.

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The Little Book of Jewish Wisdom ~ Martin Horan (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995

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The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism ~ Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin / Paperback / Published 1986
Written for the educated, skeptical, searching Jew, and for the non-Jew who wants to understand the meaning of Judaism, this thought-provoking book has become a widely-read introduction to the oldest living religion, consisely and engagingly presenting Judaism as the rational, moral alternative for contemporary man.

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Of Societies Perfect and Imperfect : Selected Readings from Eyn Ayah, Rav Kook's Commentary to Eyn Yaakov Legends of the Talmud (Legends of the talmud  ~ Abraham Isaac Kook, Bezalel Naor-Translator Hardcover/Pub. 1995

Orot ~ Abraham Isaac, Rabbi Kook, Bezalel Naor (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1993

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This Is My God : The Jewish Way of Life ~ Herman Wouk / Paperback / Published 1992
This account of the Jewish people and their faith is as compelling and absorbing as any of Herman Wouk's novels. For Jewish and Christian readers alike, it is informative because Judaism is the source of all Western religion.

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The Sayings of Menahem Mendel of Kotzk ~ Menahem Mendel, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995

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