(Left to Right)
(1) My copy of the Dungeons and Dragons third edition player's guide in Hebrew.
(2) Two volumes of the 22 volume Talmud, which is composed of the Mishnah and it's commentary, the Gemara. This particular edition has an English translation alongside the Hebrew. These books are the two parts of the tractate on the laws of Shabbat.
(3) Two volumes from a series of the books called Toras Chaayim. It's the text of the Torah (the first five books of the Torah) with many, many commentaries included in the edition. These two volumes deal with the book of Genesis. I use these books in a class with Rav Weisberg called Chumash.
(4) My copy of The Ancient Maya, which is considered the definitive guide of Mayan history and mythology. It's an excellent book and if you're interested in Meso-American history, I recommend it.
(5) Lies by David Morrison. I borrowed this book from Rabbanite Henkin, the head of my yeshiva, because it looked interesting. I have since read it and it's an incredible (and somewhat insane) book. It's a conspiracy theory book concerning the assasination of Yitzhak Rabin. It proposes the idea, based on medical records and evidence that was surpressed in the trial of Amir Diab, who shot Rabin, that Rabin did not die of his wounds Diab, but was shot in the front by his security guards on the way to the hospital that night.
(6) My copy of Matrix: Reloaded with Hebrew subtitles. Adult movies are generally not dubbed, and only available with Hebrew subs, while children's movies are dubbed.
(7) My copy of Pokemon: The First Movie in Hebrew (and Russian, and Greek, and Turkish, and Arabic I think).
(8) A copy of Danby's 1933 translation of the entirety of the Mishnah into English, with no commentaries. This book has not been printed since 1967 and it was very hard to get, but it's the only edition of the Mishnah in English that comes in one volume instead of 6 or 20 or something.
(9) All six volumes of the Mishnah Brurah. Despite the name, the Mishnah Brurah is entirely different from the Mishnah. Allow me to explain: The Mishnah is a law code from the 2nd century that is a commentary on the Torah. The Gemera is a commentary from the 6th century on the Mishnah, and together they make up the Talmud (see #2). After the 6th century AD, people started writing commentaries on the Talmud, and it got too crazy to understand in terms of actual Jewish law, so in the 16th century a man named Joseph Caro codified Jewish law in a book called the Shulchan Aruch. The Mishnah Brurah is a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch. We use it in our Jewish law class.
(10) The Tanach - the Tanach is a Hebrew acyronym for Torah-Nevi'im-Ketuvim - The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings - the entire Hebrew bible, otherwise known as the Old Testament. This edition, published by Artscroll, has an English translation alongside it. I use it for reference - most of my other class books do not have any English in them.
(11) Chovat Talmidim - a philosophy book written in modern Hebrew.
(12) Sefer Shmuel - Books of Samuel 1-2, in Hebrew with commentary. I use it for my Navi class.
(13) Sefer Ha-Kuzari - I'm not sure what this is. It's the Kuzari, which I think is a mystical book.
(14) A collection of HR Giger art. Giger was the man who designed the sets and props for the Alien movies.
(15) Vampire: The Encyclopedia - a reference book of vampire legends, that I got for three dollars at a used book store.
(16) Clanbook: Followers of Set - this is a reference book I use for the vampire game I play in Tel Aviv, published by White Wolf. It does not have a Hebrew edition.
Upper(1) My copy of the Dungeons and Dragons third edition player's guide in Hebrew.
(2) Two volumes of the 22 volume Talmud, which is composed of the Mishnah and it's commentary, the Gemara. This particular edition has an English translation alongside the Hebrew. These books are the two parts of the tractate on the laws of Shabbat.
(3) Two volumes from a series of the books called Toras Chaayim. It's the text of the Torah (the first five books of the Torah) with many, many commentaries included in the edition. These two volumes deal with the book of Genesis. I use these books in a class with Rav Weisberg called Chumash.
(4) My copy of The Ancient Maya, which is considered the definitive guide of Mayan history and mythology. It's an excellent book and if you're interested in Meso-American history, I recommend it.
(5) Lies by David Morrison. I borrowed this book from Rabbanite Henkin, the head of my yeshiva, because it looked interesting. I have since read it and it's an incredible (and somewhat insane) book. It's a conspiracy theory book concerning the assasination of Yitzhak Rabin. It proposes the idea, based on medical records and evidence that was surpressed in the trial of Amir Diab, who shot Rabin, that Rabin did not die of his wounds Diab, but was shot in the front by his security guards on the way to the hospital that night.
(6) My copy of Matrix: Reloaded with Hebrew subtitles. Adult movies are generally not dubbed, and only available with Hebrew subs, while children's movies are dubbed.
(7) My copy of Pokemon: The First Movie in Hebrew (and Russian, and Greek, and Turkish, and Arabic I think).
(8) A copy of Danby's 1933 translation of the entirety of the Mishnah into English, with no commentaries. This book has not been printed since 1967 and it was very hard to get, but it's the only edition of the Mishnah in English that comes in one volume instead of 6 or 20 or something.
(9) All six volumes of the Mishnah Brurah. Despite the name, the Mishnah Brurah is entirely different from the Mishnah. Allow me to explain: The Mishnah is a law code from the 2nd century that is a commentary on the Torah. The Gemera is a commentary from the 6th century on the Mishnah, and together they make up the Talmud (see #2). After the 6th century AD, people started writing commentaries on the Talmud, and it got too crazy to understand in terms of actual Jewish law, so in the 16th century a man named Joseph Caro codified Jewish law in a book called the Shulchan Aruch. The Mishnah Brurah is a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch. We use it in our Jewish law class.
(10) The Tanach - the Tanach is a Hebrew acyronym for Torah-Nevi'im-Ketuvim - The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings - the entire Hebrew bible, otherwise known as the Old Testament. This edition, published by Artscroll, has an English translation alongside it. I use it for reference - most of my other class books do not have any English in them.
(11) Chovat Talmidim - a philosophy book written in modern Hebrew.
(12) Sefer Shmuel - Books of Samuel 1-2, in Hebrew with commentary. I use it for my Navi class.
(13) Sefer Ha-Kuzari - I'm not sure what this is. It's the Kuzari, which I think is a mystical book.
(14) A collection of HR Giger art. Giger was the man who designed the sets and props for the Alien movies.
(15) Vampire: The Encyclopedia - a reference book of vampire legends, that I got for three dollars at a used book store.
(16) Clanbook: Followers of Set - this is a reference book I use for the vampire game I play in Tel Aviv, published by White Wolf. It does not have a Hebrew edition.
