Four-volume set,  shrink-wrapped
5½ x 5¾ x 9¾ 1,500 pages
List Price $100.00 

ISBN-10: 0-8246-0456-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8246-0456-1

In this four-volume set of The Jewish Book of Why, The Second Jewish Book of Why, The Jewish Mourner’s Book of Why, and The Jewish Book of Why: The Torah, Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch answers thousands of questions about Jewish life, custom, and ritual.  Packaged in a sturdy blue slipcase suitable for gift-giving. See the individual titles for content description.

Praise For
The Jewish Books of Why Library

“Almost every question Jews and non-Jews are apt to ask about Jewish ceremony and practice is clearly and forthrightly presented by a leading rabbi and scholar.”
—Library Journal

 “A precious gift from a wise and sensitive author. . . . English-speaking Jewry is in the debt of Rabbi Kolatch.”
—Rabbi Robert Pilavin

 “A scholarly and authoritative source . . . essential for Jews of all denominations.”
 —The Jewish Spectator

About the Author

Alfred J. Kolatch, a graduate of the Teachers’ Institute of Yeshiva University and its College of Liberal Arts, was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, which subsequently awarded him the Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa.

Rabbi Kolatch has authored more than fifty books, the most popular of which are the best-selling Jewish Book of Why and Second Jewish Book of Why, The Jewish Book of Why: The Torah, The Jewish Mourner’s Book of Why, The New Name Dictionary, The Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names, The Family Seder, and The Jewish Child’s First Book of Why. Among his other works are Great Jewish Quotations: By Jews and About Jews, The Presidents of the United States & the Jews, What Jews Say About God, and Masters of the Talmud: Their Lives and Views.

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