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This book is probably the most comprehensive and detailed treatment
of the festival of Chanukah in the English language. It commences
by placing the festival in its historical context by surveying the
history of the Jewish people from Abraham until Alexander, and
proceeds to explain the origin, nature and ramifications of
Hellenism and the spiritually corrosive effects it had on Judea.
Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen employs his customary analytical approach in
looking at the classical sources afresh in order to describe the
stages of the Maccabean revolt and the reoccupation and cleansing
of the Temple. A major question that he addresses is how such a
unique military victory could have been so down-played in Jewish
tradition to the extent that the miracle of the oil, rather than
the courageous Maccabean exploits, has become the popular rationale
of the entire festival. The author provides an encyclopaedic
treatment of the festival, embracing its development and history,
philosophy, theology, rabbinic insights into the festival, its laws
(including women's obligations) and customs, its celebration in
home and synagogue, its observance among exotic Jewish communities,
as well as quiz questions and activities for the younger reader.
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The Book of Psalms (Paperback)
Jeffrey M Cohen; Foreword by A.A. Macintosh
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R917
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The Book of Psalms (Hardcover)
Jeffrey M Cohen; Foreword by A.A. Macintosh
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R1,381
R1,085
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Rehabilitation Medicine and Thermography presents a comprehensive
review of the expanding role of thermography in studying chronic
pain and other rehabilitation conditions, as well as its clinical
applications in the fields of arthritis, dermatology, neurology,
sports medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and legal
medicine. Each chapter is written by medical experts and edited by
Dr. Mathew H.M. Lee and Dr. Jeffrey M. Cohen of the Rusk Institute
of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lee, an
international consultant and lecturer, is Medical Director, Rusk
Institute and Chairman, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine. His major
clinical interests are chronic pain, thermography, acupuncture, and
music. Dr. Cohen is Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation
Medicine and Medical Director, Kathryn Walter Stein Chronic Pain
Laboratory at the Rusk Institute. His specialties include chronic
pain, neurological rehabilitation, rehabilitation of medically
complex conditions, and electrodiagnosis.
[from Chief Rabbi Professor Jonathan Sacks] Rabbi Cohen writes
within a great tradition, bringing together Torah and chokmah,
Jewish wisdom and the broad panoply of human knowledge, and finding
in their interplay a never-ending source of deepened understanding.
He is both sage and man of faith, a lucid teacher and a source of
inspiration, and no one will read this work without discovering
that the festival they thought they knew so well has a depth and
history that are enthralling. --- [from The Jewish Week]
.encyclopedic in breadth, features queries that lead the reader
through preparation for the holiday, its historical background,
symbolism of the seder ritual, commentary on the Haggadah, special
festival services in synagogue, and Pesach customs from around the
world. As Rabbi Cohen, the author of several books who leads the
largest Orthodox congregation in Great Britain believes ,
""Questions are of the very essence of the spirit of this festival.
This book is probably the most comprehensive and detailed treatment
of the festival of Chanukah in the English language. It commences
by placing the festival in its historical context by surveying the
history of the Jewish people from Abraham until Alexander, and
proceeds to explain the origin, nature and ramifications of
Hellenism and the spiritually corrosive effects it had on Judea.
Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen employs his customary analytical approach in
looking at the classical sources afresh in order to describe the
stages of the Maccabean revolt and the reoccupation and cleansing
of the Temple. A major question that he addresses is how such a
unique military victory could have been so down-played in Jewish
tradition to the extent that the miracle of the oil, rather than
the courageous Maccabean exploits, has become the popular rationale
of the entire festival. The author provides an encyclopaedic
treatment of the festival, embracing its development and history,
philosophy, theology, rabbinic insights into the festival, its laws
(including women's obligations) and customs, its celebration in
home and synagogue, its observance among exotic Jewish communities,
as well as quiz questions and activities for the younger reader.
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