The Genizah at the House of Shepher
by:
Tamar Yellin (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781592640850 (1592640850)
Publish date: April 15th 2005
Publisher: Toby Press
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Genizah, a Hebrew word, is defined as a storeroom or attic, usually in a synagogue, for worn or unusable prayerbooks or bibles, which, since they contain the name of God, cannot be thrown away but must rather be buried according to Jewish ritual. That was the first question I had when I picked up Th...
If I were to pick one word to describe this book, it would be confusing. You start a new chapter and it begins with pronouns; I kept wondering, who are we talking about?! After a page you know, but that is too long for my tastes. He did this and felt that and she responded in this manner…..but who, ...