Letters of light

      Passages from Maʾor va-shemesh

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      Wineman, Aryeh

      Letters of light : passages from Maʾor va-shemesh / consisting of homilies of Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Kraków, translated with notes and comments by Aryeh Wineman

      X + Y p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 13: 978-1-62564-883-9

      1. Epstein, Kalonymus Kalman, –1823. 2. Bible. Pentateuch—Criticism, interpretations, etc., Jewish. 3. Hasidim. 4. Maʾor va-Shemesh. I. Epstein, Kalonymus Kalman, –1823. II. Title.

      BS1225.52 W46 2015

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      Translation of biblical texts are reproduced from the TANAKH : THE HOLY SCRIPTURES by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

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      List of Abbreviations

      Biblical books:

      Gen: Genesis

      Exod: Exodus

      Lev: Leviticus

      Num: Numbers

      Deut: Deuteronomy

      Josh: Joshua

      Judg: Judges

      1 Sam: I Samuel

      2 Sam: II Samuel

      1 Kgs: I Kings

      2 Kgs: II Kings

      Isa: Isaiah

      Jer: Jeremiah

      Ezek: Ezekiel

      Hos: Hosea

      Mic: Micah

      Nah: Nahum

      Hab: Habakuk

      Zeph: Zephaniah

      Hag: Haggai

      Zech: Zachariah

      Mal: Malachi

      Ps. / Pss.: Psalm(s)

      Prov: Proverbs

      Song: Song of Songs

      Lam: Lamentations

      Eccl: Ecclesiastes

      Esth: Esther

      Dan: Daniel

      Neh: Nehemiah

      1 Chr: I Chronicles

      2 Chr: II Chronicles

      tg: (Aramaic) translation of the Bible or parts thereof

      Tg Ps-J: Pseudo-Jonathan translation

      m.: Mishna

      b.: Babylonian Talmud

      y.: Yerushalmi (Palestinian Talmud}

      Talmudic tractates:

      ʿAbod. Zar: Avodah zarah

      ʿArak.: Arukhin

      B. Bat.: Bava Batra

      B. Meṣiʾa: Bava metzi’a

      B. Qam: Bava Kamma

      Ber.: Berakhot

      Bikk.: Bikkurim

      ʿ Erub.: Eruvin

      Ẹd.: Eduyyot

      Ḥag.: Hagigah

      Ḥal.: Hallal

      Ḥul.: Hullin

      Ketub.: Ketubbot

      Kil.: Kil’ayin

      Mak.: Makkot

      Meg.: Megillah

      Menaḥ.: Menahot

      Mid.: Middot

      Moʿed: Mo’ed

      Moʿed Qat.: Mo’ed Katan

      Naz.: Nazir

      Ned.: Nedarim

      Nid.: Niddah

      Peʾah: Pe’ah

      Pesaḥ: Pesahim

      Qidd.: Kiddushin

      Roš.Haš.: Rosh ha-shannah

      Šabb.: Shabbat

      Sanh.: Sanhedrin

      Taʿan: Ta’anit

      Yebam.: Yevamot

      Other rabbinic texts:

      ʾAbot: Pirkei Avot

      ʾAvot R. Nat.: Avot deRabbi Natan

      Meh.: M’khilta

      MHG: Midrash ha-gadol

      midr.: