A Concise Guide to the Sages Staff Pick Jewish Book of the Year

Jewish Book of the Year

is devastated when his young son Yichya is snatched from his mother’s loving embrace by Jewish Agency officials who claimed that he had died

Rabbi Steinsaltz elucidates the complex nature of man as he strives to attain unity with the Divine One

and experiencing them to their fullest

A Concise Guide to the Sages Staff Pick Jewish Book of the YearRabbinic literature is called the Oral Law, because it is not found in the text of the Bible. It was preserved as oral statements that originated with the giving of the Torah and became the focus of study and deliberation throughout the generations. The Erez Series, A Concise Guide to the Sages comprises explanations of biblical verses, ancient halakhic traditions not rooted in the text of the Bible, and rabbinic ordinances enacted throughout the