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up the devotional in Jewish
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Jewish Ethical Concepts by
Rabbi Abraham Bloch.
Unlike the Birnbaum
compilation, which includes
scores of topics, Rabbi
Bloch's assembled codes are
less numerical. The 58
topics chosen for the
author's definitions are
comparatively lengthy and
are in effect a series of es-
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every topic tackled by the
author. Parables and histor-
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the wisdom of the ages is in-
corporated in the treatment
of themes that affect the
generations.
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eludes with: "A small tem-
perance movement emerged
shortly after the destruction
of the Second Temple (70
CE). It considered the
drinking of alcohol, which
induces joy, inconisistent
with its advocated state of
perpetual mourning for the
loss of the Temple (Baba
Batra 60b). For practical
reasons, the rabbis opposed
a state of perpetual mourn-
ing and refused to ban the
drinking of wine. However,
beginning with the 11th
Century, a tradition pro-
hibiting wine in the nine-
day period preceding the
Fast of Tisha b'Av was
widely accepted (Bloch, The
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they are not a lexicon, but
rather serve as a definitive
response to the ethically
conceptual.
The themes touched upon
by Rabbi Bloch explain the
author's dedication to
explicit themes. Alpha-
betically arranged, the vol-
ume provides traditional
evaluations, emphasizing
the Biblical as well as
post-Biblical scholarly con-
ception of the topics he
selected for his anthological
work. Such topics as: arro-
gance and pride, anger,
charity, compassion, jus-
tice, confidentiality, consid-
eration for animals, drun-
kenness, envy, education,
filial obligations, flattery,
gambling, gossip, slander,
greed, hate and grudge
bearing, hypocrisy,
jealousy, labor, lust are
covered in the book.
In every respect, Rabbi
Bloch commences his theme
with a quotation from Scrip-
tures and Jewish tradi-
tional teachings. Dealing
with drunkenness, for
example, he commences
with the admonition from
Proverbs 20:1: "Wine is a
scorner, strong drink is
riotous, and whosoever
reels thereby is not wise."
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on the subject, The Name
Dictionary, which was pub-
lished in 1967.
The new volume is di-
vided into entries contain-
ing masculine. names,
feminine names and a He-
brew name vocabulary.
Transliterated names are
included according to their
meaning.
The last section of the
book provides an opportu-
nity to select a Hebrew
name with one of the same
meaning in English.
Perhaps the best way to
illustrate the effectiveness
of the Kolatch volume is to
select examples of the defi-
nitions. Not to discriminate, .
here are the last few in the
"Z" listings in the mas-
culine and feminine sec-
tions:
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Zusman, Zusrnann. Yid-
dish forms of tke German,
meaning "sweet person" or
"sweet man." Akin to Zis-
kind.
Zuta. From the Aramaic,
meaning "small" or
"younger". Zutra is a var-
iant form.
Zutai. A varient form of
Zuta. See Zuta. In the Tal-
mud (Shabbat 157a), a
Fourth-Century Babylonian
scholar.
Zutra. From the Aramaic,
meaning "small" or
"junior." In the Talmud
(Berachot •43b), a Third-
Century Babylonian
scholar. Zuta is a variant
form.
Zvi. A variant spelling of
Tzvi. See Tzvi.
Zulema. From the Arabic
name Suleima, meaning
"peace." Akin to Shalom
Zuelia and Zuleika are var-
iant forms.
Zulpha. Probably a var-
iant form of Zilpah. See Zil-
pah.
Zur-El. A variant spelling
of Tzur-El. See Tzur-El.
Zuria. A variant spelling
of Tzuriya. See Tzuriya.
Zurit. A variant spelling
of Tzurit. See Tzurit.
Zylpha. A variant form of
Zilpah. See Zilpah.
The Hebrew Name
Vocabulary section has
added significance. It is
topically subdivided alpha-
betically from "Abandoned"