Meaning in Mitzvot (two volume set) [Hardcover]

Asher Meir (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

A lucid and thought provoking commentary on the daily practice of mitzvoth, based on the classic, Kitzur Shulchan Arukh. This book encompasses the entire range of Jewish observance including prayer and holidays, kashrut and family purity, marriage customs, and many other topics. The author draws on a variety of sources to comprise his commentary, including Talmudic insights, Aggadah, Midrash, and Chasidic masterpieces.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 916 pages
• Publisher: Feldheim Publishers (August 1, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 1583307427
• ISBN-13: 978-1583307427
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,440,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, December 30, 2008

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Very good. Answers any question. It's all there in the index. Excellent books. Overnight is really overnight from these guys. Wow

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview, February 27, 2006

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This book is very well written , lucid about many of the reasons and how-to 's of mitzwot, written by a contemporary scholar. It was immediately enthusiastically adopted by friends, who put it on their shopping list as well...

4.0 out of 5 stars A Scholarly yet Accessible Explication of Mitzvot, January 4, 2006

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Dr. Lindeman (Brookline, MA) - See all my reviews

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Rabbi Asher Meir has accomplished a rare feat. He has written a commentary on the famous Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law) that is at once meticulously researched and referenced, and yet remains accessible to the reader with little or no Jewish background.

Mitzvot, or commandments, provide the structure or underpinning that guides observant Jews in every aspect of their private and public lives. The Kitzur is a codified Jewish Law book that is owned and referred to often by many Jewish families in the English-speaking world.

"Meaning in Mitzvot" follows "the Kitzur" chapter by chapter, expanding on the deeper meanings of the mitzvot. Each chapter is brief, extensively referenced, and easily readable by those with or without background in Judaism or Jewish texts.