In this first volume of collected essays on ancient Judaism Flusser examines the influence of apocalypticism on various Jewish sects. He states that the teachings of Jesus, while reflecting first and foremost the views of the sages, were also influenced by Jewish apocalypticism. Examining the Essenes, their effect on Hebrew language, the split of sects, and much more, Flusser's collected essays offer an important source of study for any Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.

The dictionary has several aims; 1. To help advanced Yiddish students to better understand all kinds of texts and to use the idioms in their Yiddish conversation; 2. To serve as a lexicographic source for linguistics researching Yiddish and spoken Hebrew, and specialists in comparative phraseology; 3. To give the lovers of Yiddish a handbook that will help them find and recall the meaning of Yiddish idioms.

This book is for anyone who has an interest in the area of leisure and especially in the process of leisure education. It aims to serve as a practical guide for anyone wishing to be involved in leisure education by initiating, developing, facilitating and implementing it in educational frameworks. It is based upon the collaborative efforts of the authors over the last decade in initiating and undertaking several large-scale projects in this area, especially in the development and implementation of leisure education curricula in the school system of the State of Israel. The book brings theory into practice through a process, which can contribute to the wise use of leisure time, thus enhancing people's well-being and quality of life.

Le présent numéro de Perspectives , consacré aux interférences culturelles judéo-arabes, s'est proposé de rassembler des textes ayant pour thème commun les rapports entre ces deux entités que sont le monde juif et le monde arabo-musulman. Les deux termes choisis, mosaïque et arabesque, dans leur polysémie et leur ambiguïté, nous ont paru les plus adéquats pour rendre compte des relations complexes qu'entretiennent, entre elles, ces deux civilisations.

Mark Warshavsky was born in Odessa in 1848 and was a poet-composer of many famous Yiddish folksongs. It was Sholom Aleichem who first "discovered" Warshavsky with whom he often appeared in cultural evenings in Kiev. Like some of the early songs of Gebirtig - Warshavsky's songs too became folksongs, the lyrics and melodies spread like wildfire among the Jewish masses. The appearance of Warshavsky's Der Alef Beys, or as it quicky became known from its first words Oyfn Pripetchek, caused a real revolution in the minds of orthodox as well as progressive Jews in Eastern Europe."

Moreh Hamoreh (The Guide’s Guide) , by Shem-Tob ibn Falaquera, is one of the earliest commentaries on Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed . Falaquera’s knowledge of Arabic literature was broad, and he commented extensively on the well-known translation of the Guide by R. Samuel ibn Tibon. Given this knowledge, Falaquera was also acquainted with the philosophical sources behind Maimonides’ work, and referred to these in his own commentary. This critical edition of Falaquera’s work is based on all extant manuscripts known to us today; and it will be of value to all who wish to understand this important commentary and recover Maimonides’s sources. This edition presents the text of the Guide’s Guide , including varia lectionis and a commentary on Falaquera’s sources. These sources, which are largely also the sources of Maimonides, are discussed in great detail in the introduction to this edition.

SHNATON - An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies – is the most important Hebrew Journal for the research of Biblical Verse and the world in which it existed. It includes article from all areas of research of Biblical Studies in which are included Biblical Verse, Ancient Near East and its History, Languages and Literature all of which are inter linked with Biblical Verse, External Literature, the Judean Desert Scrolls, Ancient translations and the History of Commentary through the generations. The Annual also includes a special critical section for comprehensive criticism of recently published books in these issues.

This book is intended for advanced students. It is based on a theoretical research of phraseology and specifically restricted collocations. The books purpose is to allow the student to master a big variety of restricted collocations in standard Modern Hebrew, that is especially seen in written and oral journalism. Proficiency of the idiomatic aspect of a language is a sure sign of mastery of the native language. The exercises in the book feature verbs, adjectives, nouns and more. There is a detailed index of collocation words as well as answers at the end of the book.

Faith, Hןstory and Values is a collection of articles, conversations and lectures that were conceived as part of the theoretical and publicized activity in the last few years (since the Yom Kippur war). This collection is a direct continuation of "Judaism, the Jewish people and the state of Israel" by Leibowitz. Some chapters are controversial and deal with arguments and debates that arose in reaction to his previous book. The issues Leibowitz brings up in his book are: Judaism as the topical social-political reality of this people as well as culture and humanities issues that Judaism shares with the rest of the world. The main issue guiding all the articles is the distinction between needs and values; means and purpose.