Hebrew Sefer HaChinuch Volume 1 - Zichron Asher Herzog Edition Rabbi Yitzchok Stavsky livelihood

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the Exodus from Egypt and the coming of the Messiah

a secular Jewish spokesman referred to Orthodox Judaism as "a sickly weed

With charming illustrations and text that just begs to be read out loud

Hebrew Sefer HaChinuch Volume 1 - Zichron Asher Herzog Edition Rabbi Yitzchok Stavsky livelihoodSefer HaChinuch is one of the great classics of the 13th Century. Although the anonymous author states that he wrote it for his son and the youth of his time to learn on Sabbath afternoons, it was embraced by the entire nation as a masterpiece. The author lists all 613 Commandments following the weekly Torah Readings. He explains the source of each mitzvah, suggests a reason for it and the lesson it contains for us, and provides a summary of its laws.