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MEGILLAT B’NAY CHASHMONAY THE SCROLL OF THE HASMONEAN SONS There isn’t a scroll read on Chanukah - but perhaps there should be? Sofer STa”M Marc Michaels has gathered over twenty handwritten and printed manuscripts from the 13th Century onwards for this traditional text for Chanukah that used to be read in Italian, Yemenite and other synagogues.

Examining the variant Hebrew and Aramaic texts, he has created a new tikkun kor’im fully pointed with vowels and trope and a new tikkun sofrim with visual midrashim to add extra depth to the text. A new translation into English with explanatory notes is accompanied by a new commentary on the text - Or LiM’norah in the style of the biblical commentators. Includes two ‘missing’ verses found in the oldest Aramaic manuscripts but expunged from later Hebrew ones. Available now in paperback and e-book on www.lulu.com

PSALM 15

KING DAVID’S GUIDE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON King David has left us a person specification that we would be well served to adopt in today’s business world where, sadly, ethics can be somewhat lacking. In five short verses and fifty-four words the character traits that are described show those who engage in business the appropriate way to undertake that business. Marketer and scribe, Marc Michaels follows along David’s Way to unlock the ethical business lessons for today from Psalm 15. Available now in paperback and e-book on www.lulu.com.

Bamidbar l0:35-36 is Encased between two critical marks, each taking the form of an inverted nun as if they are in parenthesis.

Sofer Sta”M Marc Michaels examines this unique visual midrash providing a commentary to explain why Sefer Binsoa should be considered important and

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Joseph Rosenberg, not so eminent Jewish scientist and time-traveller came to Earth with a bump and was surprised, nay shocked, to learn that he had landed on one of the most famous people in the history itself ... Moses the Lawgiver.

Ordered to replace Moses by the Lord God Almighty, Mr. Rosenberg embarks on an adventure of truly biblical proportions. Will he survive? Will there be tea and cake? Available in e-book, hardback and paperback at www.lulu.com and for Amazon Kindle.

There are 10 places in a where there are dots over the letters. Why are they there?

Mordechai Pinchas (Marc Michaels) pays homage to the famous Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss in this fully illustrated short story that explores these scribal oddities.

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Tales from the Rabbi’s desk

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SHIRAT HA-OLAM - THE SONG OF THE WORLD ISBN: 978-0-9810947-0-0 Marc Michaels © 2009 Pictures from nature and around the world; words from the Torah, Prophets and Writings. Seventy digitally unaltered photographs matched to an appropriate biblical verse - each with its own story, told in this inspirational book. A feast for the eyes and the mind (149 full colour pages set in a specially designed font and Palantino). Print or High Res download available through www.lulu.com.

marks the 80th anniversary of the ordination of the first woman Rabbi, Rabbi Regina Jonas, and the 40th anniversary of the ordination of Rabbi Jackie Tabick, the first woman in Britain and Europe ordained as a Rabbi after the . With contributions from 46 progressive women Rabbis in Britain and Europe, this landmark publication captures the words of ‘Women Rabbis in the Pulpit’ through their diverse sermons and brings their voices to a wider audience. Available in print and digital PDF download from Kulmus Publishing through www.lulu.com. ISBN: 978-0-9880539-3-9

A Festschrift in honour of

Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet

Edited by Rabbi Howard Cooper, Rabbi Colin Eimer and Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah ISBN: 978-0-9810947-8-6 © 2013 A celebration by his rabbinic and academic colleagues of Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet’s unique contribution to the Jewish and wider world. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, these essays – by Jews, Christians and Muslims – reflect Jonathan’s love of Bible and special approach to biblical exegesis, his innovations in liturgy, his creativity in poetry and song, his commitment to interfaith explorations, and the ways in which he has fostered individual and original voices who have added to the richness and complexity of religious life today. www.lulu.com - Paperback, Hardback or e-book

A collection of essays on Jewish themes to mark the occasion of Rabbi Maurice Michaels’ 70th birthday written by many of his rabbinical colleagues with articles from: Rabbi Tony Bayfield Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand Rabbi Amanda Golby Rabbi David Meyer Rabbi Jeffrey Newman Rabbi Jonathan Romain Rabbi Sybil Sheridan Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein Rabbi Danny Smith Rabbi Jackie Tabick Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg Marc Michaels and Rabbi Maurice Michaels

Tikkun Megillat Hashoah ISBN: 978-0-9810947-1-7 Marc Michaels © 2008

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Authorised by the Schechter Institute and the Rabbinic Assembly, this is the Tikkun (copyist’s guide) for the Megillat Hashoah (Holocaust scroll). It contains the full unpointed text in full colour handwritten STa”M. It also supplies explanations of the various visual midrashim and information about how the scroll came to be written and the importance of this new piece of liturgy.

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