Kirjahaku

A short history of the early days of the East London Synagogue, Rectory Square, and an examination of how it came to be established in 1877. With rare photos of the interior of the building taken before its closure. Expanded edition with many more photos.

An analysis of the biblical commandment to support the poor with particular reference to the Tannaitic interpretation in Sifre to D'varim 15:7-11 Ts'dakah - the giving of charity, or more properly acting righteously to another person to relieve them of a the burden of poverty is not merely a 'nice thing to do that gives you a warm fuzzy feeling' but according to Torah is a commandment. Discover how the ancient rabbis applied the Torah law to their own time and what lessons we might learn today about how best to ... GIVE (10% of the profits on this book will be given to Ts'dakah)

In Sefer Tagin Fragments from the Cairo Genizah, Marc Michaels transcribes and recreates fragments of arguably the earliest found manuscript of the manual for sofrim (scribes) concerning the decorative tagin (tittles) and 'strange' letter forms that adorn certain words in the Torah. Comparing these found fragments against other core and secondary sources of Sefer Tagin (including several pages of a new secondary source), Michaels establishes the most likely readings to assist the reconstruction of the fragments and shed light on the original intention of the author of Sefer Tagin.