Association 614. Commandments

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Association 614. Commandments - a private organization based in Los Angeles, California, dealing with the dissemination of knowledge about Judaism and Jewish religious culture in Polish.

The organization was created in 2005. The 614th Commandment Society refers to the call "You will not give Hitler a posthumous victory", formulated by the philosopher Emil Fackenheim, which he defined as 614. Commandments - in addition to 613 The commandments (mitzvot) contained in the Torah - and emphasized the importance of cultivating Jewish religiosity in the Holocaust.

Main activities of the Association 614. The commandments are the publication of educational material (Shabbat book: Shabat Shalom - 2005, 2006; Pesach: Pesach - 2006, new translation into Polish by Hagady in Pesach - 2007), sponsorship of classical religious translations Jewish books into Polish (Book of Koheleta and Book of Jons - Torah Pardes, Cracow 2007, "Babylonian Talmud" - 2010), as well as book publications popularizing Judaism ("Judaism without Secrets" - Pardes Association, Kraków 2009 and "Can Torah be read in Polish?" - 2011) and educational activities on the Internet.

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