The Concise Code of Jewish Law: A guide to prayer and religious observance in the daily life of the Jew

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1977 - 358 páginas
 

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Commitment of Faith
3
Devotional Prayer in Hebrew
15
Holiness and Jewish Identity 22
22
Daily Prayer Synagogue Worship and Torah Study
29
Prayer Upon Awakening
31
Washing the Hands
32
Rules of Dress and Conduct
33
Cleanness of Person and Place
35
Washing the Hands and Grace After the Meal
164
Reciting Grace in Company
170
Blessings Before Eating or Drinking
177
The Concluding Blessing
183
Blessings for Bread and Pastry
189
Blessing for Wine
194
Blessings for Fruit Vegetables and Other Foods
196
Blessings for Soup and Juice of Fruits and Vegetables
201

Activities Prohibited Before the Morning Prayers
36
Laws of Tzitzit Fringes
37
Laws of Tefillin Phylacteries
42
Laws of Mezuzah
50
Public Worship
55
The House of Worship
57
Rules for a Minyan
62
The Hazan Shliaḥ Tzibur
64
Preparation for Prayer
66
Devotion in Prayer
67
Blessings and Responses
70
The Morning Shaḥarit Prayer
73
The Morning Blessings
75
The Verses of Song Psukei Dzimrah
76
Kaddish and Barchu
79
The Shema and Its Benedictions
80
Reading of the Shema
82
The Shemoneh Esreh
84
Benedictions of the Shemoneh Esreh
88
The Ḥazans Repetition of the Shemoneh Esreh
95
Taḥanun
97
Rules Regarding the Sefer Torah
100
Those Called to the Torah
105
Rules for Reading the Torah
109
Rules Regarding a Defective Scroll
112
Conclusion of the Morning Service
117
The Mourners Kaddish
118
Rosh Hodesh
122
The Study of Torah
126
Sanctity of the Torah Scroll and Holy Books
128
Conditions to Be Observed in Fulfillment of a Commandment
131
The Travelers Prayer and Other Matters Pertaining to a Journey
135
The Afternoon Minḥah Prayer
139
The Evening Maariv Prayer
142
Making Up Omitted Prayers
144
Prayer for the Night
147
Individual and Occasional Blessings Grace After Meals
149
Blessing for Refreshments Taken Before the Meal
151
Washing the Hands Before the Meals
152
The Breaking of Bread and the Blessing Hamotzi
156
Rules and Proprieties During the Meal
159
Blessings for Additional Food or Beverage Taken During the Meal
161
Principal and Accessory Foods
203
Order of Precedence for Blessings
207
Blessings Recited Erroneously
209
Blessing for Food or Drink Served Additionally
211
Blessing for a Fragrant Scent
213
Blessings for Good and Bad Tidings
216
Blessings on Beholding Sights in Nature and Other Sights
219
The Blessing Hagomel and Blessings on Various Occasions
224
Laws of Kashrut
229
Clean and Unclean Cattle Beasts Fowl and Fish
231
Products of Unclean Beings
232
Laws of Slaughtering
234
Defective Animals and Fowl
236
Removal of Forbidden Fat Veins and Sinews
239
Salting of Meat
241
Meat and Milk
248
Food Containing Worms or Insects
254
Prohibitions Because of Danger to Health
256
Ritual Immersion of Utensils
258
Cleansing Kashering of Utensils
262
Bread Cooked Food and Milk of Gentiles
268
Wine of a NonJew
273
Certification of Kashrut
279
Acknowledging the Divine Order
283
Tattooing and Making Oneself Bald for the Dead
285
Shaving the Hair of the Temples and the Beard
286
Prohibition of a Male Wearing a Womans Garment or a Woman Wearing the Garment of a Male
287
Separation of the Hallah Portion
288
Fruit of the First Three Years Orlah
292
Grafting of Trees
293
Crossbreeding Diverse Kinds of Cattle
294
Garments Made of Linen and Wool Shatnez
296
Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals and Castration of Humans and Animals
298
Protection of Human Life and Property
300
Sources References and Notations
305
Codes and Responsa
333
Glossary
335
Index of Passages Cited
341
Topical List of Halachic Annotations
345
Index of Subjects
360
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