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Mo’ed – Annual for Jewish Studies 

The Center for Jewish Culture at Beit Berl College is pleased to announce the 
publication of Volume 17 (2007) of Mo’ed – Annual for Jewish Studies (New 
Series 5). This is the fifth volume of Mo’ed, which both continues and 
replaces 
our previous annual, Mehqere Hag – A Journal of Jewish Culture. 
Mo'ed is a refereed annual devoted to all branches and periods of Jewish 
Studies, and welcomes original contributions in these fields in both 
Hebrew and 
English. Mo’ed publishes English abstracts of all the Hebrew articles, 
including 
review essays, and vice versa. These abstracts may be viewed at our 
website. 'Guidelines for Contributors" appear at the beginning of each volume 
of Mo’ed. Referees are chosen from among scholars, both Israeli and foreign, 
specializing in the fields to which the articles pertain. 
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The contents of Vol. 17 are listed below. 

English Section 

Yoel Duman , The Treatment of the Cain and Abel Story in Midrash Tanhuma 

Nitza Davidovich and Ortsion Bartana, Challenges in Teaching Values of Jewish 
Culture, Heritage and Zionism 

Book Review 
Rory Miller, On: The Battle for the Land: The History of the Jewish National 
Fund (KKL) Before the Establishment of the State of Israel 

English Abstracts 

Hebrew Section 

Shlomo Bahar, Silence is the Message 

Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg,  “ I am the Lord Who Brought You out from Ur of the 
Chaldeans":  Who Brought Abraham out and Whence? 

Itzhak Hamitovsky,      "The War of Torah": Image and Reality in the Beit ha- 
Midrash during  the Mishnaic and Talmudic Period 

Tziona Grossmark,       "This May be Compared to an Athlete Who Was Wrestling 
with a Royal Prince": God and the Arena in Jewish Rabbinic Literature 

Ze'ev Levy, Theodicy: Several Philosophical Aspects: 

Dalia Marx, The Creation and Development of the Reform Liturgy in Israel 

Rachel Sharaby, From Hanukkah to the "Holiday of Holidays" Festival: A 
Changing Collective Identity 

Book Review 
Haviva Pedaya, On: Reuven Kimelman, The Mystical Meaning of Lekha Dodi and 
Kabbalat Shabbat. 

Hebrew Abstracts 

Ordering Mo'ed 
The volume costs $20.00, plus an additional $5.00 per volume for postage and 
handling (in Israel – NIS 65.00, postage and handling included). Payment 
should be made by check, made out to Beit Berl College. 
At this time we would like to remind subscribers that a limited number of 
copies of Volumes 1-12 of Mehqere Hag and of Mo’ed 13-15 are still 
available, at the same price. Non-commercial orders of five or more volumes 
will receive a discount of 20% per volume. 

Dr. Arie Don and Dr. Jonathan D. Safren, Editors 

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