01780cam a2200289 i 4500 510278812 TxAuBib 20190829120000.0 000000s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009275956 9781422600306 1422600300 TxAuBib rda Becher, Mordechai. Gateway To Judaism : The What, How And Why Of Jewish Life / by Becher, Mordechai. 1st ed. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Shaar Press dist. by Mesorah Publications, 2005. 518 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Time: The cycle of life: Two become one -- Zero to thirteen -- A time to cry -- Calendar: The Jewish calendar -- Who invented the weekend anyway? -- The Jewish New Year --The Day of Atonement --Jews in booths--Sukkot --Spiritual survival--Chanukah -- Physical survival--Purim -- Passover--Free at last -- Back to Sinai--Shavuot -- Slow down, it's a fast day! -- Place: The Torah and its home -- The land of Israel -- Self: Action: Looking Jewish -- Soul food--the kosher dietary laws -- Material witnesses -- Person to person -- Justice , charity, and tzedakah -- Thought: Belief, knowledge and faith -- Why are there commandments? -- Torah study -- Speech: Getting up on the right side of the bed--prayer -- Blessings and appreciation -- Appendices: Who are the Jews and where do they come from? -- The books of the people, for the people of the book. 20190829. Jewish way of life. Judaism. Orthodox Judaism -- Customs and practices.