NWSS Library Classification

    
000-099 Bible and Biblical Studies
Bible; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation; Bible stories; Torah & Haphtarah; Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (writings), Psalms + commentaries; Dead Sea Scrolls; Apocrypha; Bible as Literature.
100-199 Classical Judaica; Halacha & Midrash
  J. Law & Lore; Talmud study; Mishnah; J. Thought; Aggadah & Classical Midrash; Kabbalah, Mysticism; J. ethics; J. folklore.
200-299 Jewish Observance & Practice
  J. religion; Progressive, Reform, Liberal and Orthodox Judaism; Guides to J. living; Prayer; J. liturgy; Shabbat; Festivals and fasts; Other religions.
300-399 Education
  Books on Education are in the Resource Library in the Cheder
400 - 499 Hebrew, Jewish Languages & Sciences
  Hebrew - biblical and modern; Hebrew dictionaries; Aramaic; Yiddish; Other J. languages (including Ladino); Semitic & Ancient Near Eastern languages; J. languages - general.
500 - 599 Jewish Literature
  J. literature - from its beginnings to modern times; British, German, American, Israeli literature; Yiddish literature; Poetry.
* Novels/fiction are shelved alphabetically by author
600 - 699 Jewish Community, Society & the Arts
  J. Social institutions, customs; Life events (Bar/Bat mitzvah, marriage, death etc); Family life & home; Cookery, kashrut; The Synagogue; NWSS; Jews in the World; Anti-semitism; J. Arts; J. Music; J. Humour.
700 - 799 History, Geography & Biography
  J. history from earliest times to modern era; the Holocaust; Jewry - Great Britain, German, Russian, US etc; Geography, travel; Genealogy; Biography and Autobiography.
* Biographies are shelved alphabetically, under the name of the person concerned
800 - 899 Israel & Zionism
  Zionism; Israel - guide books, history, archaeology, geography, government and politics, culture; Israel & World Jewry; Israel & the Middle East; Israel & the Palestinians.
900 - 999 General Reference
  J. encyclopaedias; Reference works.
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