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Jewish business ethics is a form of applied Jewish ethics that examines ethical issues that arise in a business environment. It is noted [1] that in the Torah, there are over 100 Mitzvot concerning the kashrut (fitness) of one's money, many more, in fact, than concerning the kashrut of food. The subject thus receives an extensive treatment in ...
Pirkei Avot with Bukharian Judeo-Persian translation. Pirkei Avot (Hebrew: פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת, romanized: pirqē aḇoṯ, lit. 'Chapters of the [Fore]fathers'; also transliterated as Pirqei Avoth or Pirkei Avos or Pirke Aboth), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from Rabbinic Jewish tradition.
Tanya. (Judaism) Edition of the Tanya printed in Fayid from 1974. The 7th leader of Chabad encouraged new printings to be made in remote places. The Tanya ( Hebrew: תניא) is an early work of Hasidic philosophy, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, first published in 1796. Its formal title is Likkutei Amarim ...
Biography. Tamari was born Leopold Fagov in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1927, and graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in economics in 1948. [1] Tamari was an active member of the Zionist Bnei Akiva youth group, and in 1950, he joined other members of this group in moving to Israel. At first he settled in Kfar Darom, moving ...
The Journal of Jewish Ethics is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Jewish ethics. It is sponsored by the Society of Jewish Ethics and published by Penn State University Press. The journal was established in 2015, with Louis E. Newman ( Carleton College) and Jonathan K. Crane ( Emory University) as founding editors-in-chief. [1]
Among the Sumerians, loans were usually given with interest attached, at the rate of 20% per annum; [6] this interest rate is almost always the one stated in surviving Sumerian contract tablets, [6] and was evidently still well known in first century Judaism, as it is the first interest rate to which the Babylonian Talmud refers. [10]
Orchot Tzaddikim. Orchot Tzaddikim ( Hebrew: ארחות צדיקים) is a book on Jewish ethics written in Germany in the 15th century, entitled Sefer ha-Middot by the author, but called Orḥot Ẓaddiḳim by a later copyist. Under this title a Yiddish translation, from which the last chapter and some other passages were omitted, was printed ...
Notable Chabad websites include those sites used for educational, religious and communal purposes run by or otherwise affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch, Hasidic movement. Scholars have noted that more than any other Jewish movement Chabad has used media as part of its religious, social, and political experience, [1] and that Chabad is one of ...