[ha-Safran] Educational Resources for Passover

2019-04-04 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! Passover is a Jewish holiday, of Biblical origin, marking the birth of the Jews as a people and their emergence as a unique nation in history, devoted to G-d's will. It celebrates the liberation of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt over 3000 years ago, under the leader

[ha-Safran] computation without Indo-Arabic digits?

2019-04-04 Thread Rose Shoshanah Seidman via Hasafran
Dear colleagues: I learned only recently that the introduction of indo-arabic digits (1, 2, 3...) in western Europe was due to Fibonacci, the mathematician form Pisa, end of the 12th century only! He learned about it travelling to Syria and North Africa... This implies that, in western Europe,

Re: [ha-Safran] A Rosh Chodesh Handbook: Joining Lilith and Eve: copies to give away

2019-04-04 Thread Ann Abrams via Hasafran
Thank you to the many of your who responded to my posting. My assistant, and I, will mail them to you in the next couple of weeks. Best, Ann On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:20 PM Ann Abrams wrote: > A congregant gave me over 100 copies of the wonderful resource: > > A Rosh Chodesh Handbook: Joining

[ha-Safran] Looking for book to purchase

2019-04-04 Thread Beverly Geller via Hasafran
A teacher here is looking to purchase a copy of Bartrop/ Resisting the Holocaust (his grandfather's picture is on the cover) . The prices on Amazon and Bookfinder are quite steep. If anyone knows of a copy for a reasonable price, please let us know. Thanks in advance . Beverly Geller Librarian T

[ha-Safran] Offer for - Living Texts: Journal of Contemporary Midrash

2019-04-04 Thread David A. Hollander via Hasafran
Hello, We’ve received a donation of the journal Living Texts: Journal of Contemporary Midrash. I believe it contains the full run, July 1997 through Winter 2000. We already hold this title, so I’d like to find another home for these journals. Please reach out to me if you’d like them for you

Re: [ha-Safran] A Rosh Chodesh Handbook: Joining Lilith and Eve: copies to give away

2019-04-04 Thread Wendy A. Marx via Hasafran
Kindly send me one Wendy MarxPresident LI AJL76 orange drive Jericho ny.11753 Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Ann Abrams via Hasafran   wrote: A congregant gave me over 100 copies of the wonderful resource:   A Rosh Chodesh Handbook: