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In 1934, a rabbi's son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival.

Seventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love--the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced--is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help.

With gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.

Sweeping between Prague during World War II and modern-day Los Angeles, “The Trick is a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings” (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of The German Girl) that follows a young boy seeking out a cynical, old magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together.

In 1934, a rabbi’s son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival.

Seventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love—the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced—is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help.

With gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.

An excellent edition of the mishnayot containing the vowelized Hebrew text and English translation of Rabbi Pinchas Kehati's famous commentary. Binding: Hard Cover Published by: Distributed by Feldheim

What does Hashem, your Gd ask from you? Only to fear Hashem, your Gd, to follow all these ways and to love him, and to serve Hashem, your Gd, with all your heart and all your soul. (Devarim 10:12)

THE TORAH has lofty aspirations for us - and it has provided us with the necessary tools to reach them. Based on a clear, in-depth understanding of tefillah , 100 Amos High guides towards this goal. It teaches how to gain an awareness of Hashem's presence and His personal involvement in all areas of every individual's life. Simultaneously, it empowers the reader to answer the call of Rav Tzadok HaKohen: "The same way he is required to believe in Hashem, he is required to believe in himself… that his Neshamah comes from Hashem, and Hashem receives pleasure and delight when we do His will. " The resulting sense of deep pride propels him further up the ladder of greatness.

On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris Wedge Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry that render US ships and planes defenseless. In a single day, America's faith in its military's strategic pre-eminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era is at hand.

So begins a disturbingly plausible work of speculative fiction, co-authored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral who has spent much of his career strategically outmaneuvering America's most tenacious adversaries. Written with a powerful blend of geopolitical sophistication and human empathy, 2034 takes us inside the minds of a global cast of characters--Americans, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, Indians--as a series of arrogant miscalculations on all sides leads the world into an intensifying international storm. In the end, China and the United States will have paid a staggering cost, one that forever alters the global balance of power.

Everything in 2034 is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground combined with the authors' years working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the reader a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid.

Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series 27 - Tractate Zevachim (Seder Kodashim 1A): A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources Product Description This Tractate Discusses Animal And Bird Sacrifices. The ArtScroll Mishnah Series with Yad Avraham commentary brings the text to life as it is developed and clarified by contending minds in the study hall. Hebrew text fully punctuated and vowelized New English translation distinguished for clarity In-depth introduction preceding each tractate Every phrase in the Mishnah is accounted for; no need to refer back and forth from text to commentary Illustrative diagrams to explain concepts Prefatory comments to introduce new concepts Yad Avraham commentary covering the full range of major, and many secondary, commentaries. ISBN-10: 0899063012 ISBN-13: 9780899063010 Binding: Hardcover / Pages: 381 Dimensions: 6" x 9" Published: by ArtScroll / Mesorah

Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series 4 - Tractate Kilayim (Seder Zeraim 3a): A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources This Tractate discusses forbidden mixtures of plants, animals, and clothing. The ArtScroll Mishnah Series with Yad Avraham commentary brings the text to life as it is developed and clarified by contending minds in the study hall. Hebrew text fully punctuated and vowelized New English translation distinguished for clarity In-depth introduction preceding each tractate Every phrase in the Mishnah is accounted for; no need to refer back and forth from text to commentary Illustrative diagrams to explain concepts Prefatory comments to introduce new concepts Yad Avraham commentary covering the full range of major, and many secondary, commentaries. ISBN-10: 0899063322 ISBN-13: 9780899063324 Binding: Hardcover / Pages: 235 Dimensions: 6" x 9" Published: by ArtScroll / Mesorah

Included in this Set:

• The Shabbos Home Vol. 1: A comprehensive halachic guide to the laws of shabbos as they apply throughout the home
• The Shabbos Home Vol. 2: A comprehensive halachic guide to the laws of shabbos as they apply throughout the home
• Muktzeh: A Practical Guide: A comprehensive treatment of the principles and common applications of the laws of muktzeh
• The Shabbos Kitchen: A comprehensive halachic guide to the preparation of food and other kitchen activities on Shabbos.
• Radiance of Shabbos: The complete laws of the Shabbos and Festival candle-lighting, Kiddush, Lechem Mishneh, meals, Bircas HaMazon, and Havdalah.
• Sanctity of Shabbos: A comprehensive guide to the laws of Shabbos and Yom Tov as they apply to a non-Jew doing work on behalf of a Jew.
• Aura of Shabbos: A selection of relevant Erev Shabbos and Shabbos laws

Rabbinic literature is called the Oral Law, because it is not found in the text of the Bible. It was preserved as oral statements that originated with the giving of the Torah and became the focus of study and deliberation throughout the generations. The Oral Law comprises explanations of biblical verses, ancient halakhic traditions not rooted in the text of the Bible, and rabbinic ordinances enacted throughout the generations. Since the scope of rabbinic literature is enormous, this work is limited to citing the Mishna, the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud, the minor tractates, and the aggadic Midrash primarily Midrash Rabba and Midrash Tanhuma. The basis of this anthology is largely the aggadic material in the Talmud and in the various works of aggadic Midrash. The matters included here serve as commentary on the written Torah. Features: -Introductions and explanations that place talmudic and midrashic passages in context -Talmudic discussions broken down to component parts to aid comprehension -Full integration with other Concise Guide volumes The Erez Series is comprised of the Concise Guides to the full gamut of Jewish thought, from the Torah to modern halakha (Jewish law) and Mahshava (Jewish philosophy). The late Rabbi Adin Even Israel Steinsaltz zt'l was one of the leading thinkers of the modern age and the most prolific author of Jewish thought and commentary since the middle ages. The Erez Series distills the essence of 4 of the principal schools of the Jewish tradition Torah, the Sages (Hazal), Halakha, and Mahshava as a tool for review or introduction to the world of Jewish thought.