First words, first lights: Edition 1: Inaugurating a new era
The Editor
First things first: Hebrew rootword b-kh-r: Camels, firstborn,
and albacore tuna
Dr.Joseph Lowin
First names: From Isaac to Zahi: Jewish
first names through the ages
Prof. Aaron Demsky
The first burial: What the raven taught Adam
and Eve
Prof. Dov Noy
Firstborn: an introduction: Biblical sources
for a special status
Firstfruits:
an introduction: Biblical sources for an offering of thanksgiving
The birthright: On transferring the untransferrable
Prof. Nahum Sarna
The first
letter: Aleph: An artist's pictograph:
lessons and reflections
Dr. Mark Podwal
The first siddur: The earliest order of prayer:
a private affair
Rabbi Reuven Hammer
The
magic in first things: The magical import of new things in folk religion
Dr. Joshua Trachtenberg
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