A guide to Jewish knowledge
By: by Chaim Pearl and Reuben S. Brookes
Edition: 4th ed., rev.
Publisher: Jewish Chronicle Publications
Published: 1965
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Judaism
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 115-116.
Table of contents: title: Jewish religious observances; title: Section 1. The calendar; title: Section 2. The Sabbath; title: Section 3. Festivals:; title: (a) Pesach (Passover); title: (b) Shavout (feast of weaks); title: (c) Sukkot (Tabernacles); title: Section 4. High festivals:; title: (a) Rosh Hashanah (new year); title: (b) Yom Kippur (day of atonement); title: Section 5. Minor festivals:; title: (a) Chanukah; title: (b) Purim; title: (c) Lag Ba'Omer; title: (d) Tu B'Shevat (new year for trees); title: (e) Rosh Chodesh (new moon); title: (f) Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel independence day); title: General; title: Section 6. The special Sabbaths; title: Section 7. The minor fasts; title: Section 8. Kashrut and the dietary laws; title: Section 9. A classified terminology (Synagogue-home-prayer-dietary laws-festivals-from the cradle to the grave-education and Hebrew literature-ethics); title: The basic sources of Jewish life and thought; title: Section 10. The Bible and its contents; title: Section 11. The prayer book; title: Section 12. The Talmud; title: Section 13. The Midrash; title: Section 14. Medieval scholars and writers from Rashi to the Shulchan Aruch; title: Hebrew; title: Section 15. Alphabet; title: vowels; title: neginot (accents); title: History; title: Section 16. A bird's-eye view of Jewish history: Abraham to the present day; title: Chapter one: the first Jewish commonwealth; title: Chapter two: the second Jewish commonwealth; title: Chapter three: the period of the Rabbis; title: Chapter four: the golden age in Spain; title: Chapter five: through the darkness of medieval central Europe; title: Chapter six: the great centers of Poland and Russia; title: Chapter seven: the age of emancipation; title: Chapter eight: the Jews in our own day; title: An outline of basic Judaism; title: Section 17. Chapter one: Judaism; title: a definition; title: Chapter two: the Jewish teaching about God; title: Chapter three: Israel; title: Chapter four: the Torah and Jewish law; title: Chapter five: the Messiah; title: Chapter six: Some other important teachings: (man is free-reward and punishment-sin-repentance-life after death).