Now contemplate: Many of those seforim were not siddurim, Chumashim or Nevi’im that contain the Shem Hashem (the Holy Name), but Gemaras, sifrei halacha (books of Jewish law) by Rishonim ...

According to Jewish tradition, prayer books are holy and cannot just be thrown out. Traditionally, they must be placed in a geniza, a repository for holy books awaiting burial. It’s the only ...

Moses is the most important Jewish prophet. The Jewish holy book is known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. The word Tanakh comes from the first letters of the three different parts of the book ...