Ceremony & Celebration

Ceremony & Celebration
Author: Jonathan Sacks
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592640256

When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest's atonement with the prophet's repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful book in the Bible? Why is the remembrance of the Pesah story so central to Jewish morality? And which does Shavuot really celebrate the law or the land? Bringing together Rabbi Sacks's acclaimed introductions to the Koren Sacks Mahzorim, Ceremony & Celebration reveals the stunning interplay of biblical laws, rabbinic edicts, liturgical themes, communal rituals and profound religious meaning of each of the five central Jewish holidays.

Persistence and Flexibility

Persistence and Flexibility
Author: Walter P. Zenner
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1988-07-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780887067501

Using a variety of anthropological approaches, the authors illustrate how the Jewish identity has persisted in the United States despite great subcultural variation and a wide range of adaptations. Within the various essays, attention is given to both mainstream Jews and to the Hasidim, Yemenites, Indian Sephardim, Soviet Emigres, and “Jews for Jesus.” Institutions such as the family, the school, and the synagogue, are considered through techniques of participation/ observation and in archeological research. Persistence and Flexibility provides a means of viewing the Jewish community through the prism of key events, or rituals, and symbols.

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street
Author: Elsa Okon Rael
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689804519

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street is Elsa Okon Rael's beautiful story of family relations and the celebrations that can often ensue. While staying with her grandparents in New York City in the mid-1930s, eight-year-old Zeesie joins in the celebration of Simchat Torah and sees a different side of her stern grandfather.

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah
Author: Sylvia A. Rouss
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1996-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0929371992

A young spider wants to join in as he watches a family prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

Rite and Reason

Rite and Reason
Author: Shemuʼel Pinḥas Gelbard
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Total Pages: 740
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780873068895

This fact-filled volume explains 1050 Jewish customs, their reasons, and sources. Why do we make hand matzos round? Why do we eat dairy foods on Shavuos? Why do we stand with our feet together when we recite Shemoneh Esreh? These and hundreds of other practices are explained in this English edition of Otzar Ta'amei ha-Minhagim.

Jewish Woman in Jewish Law

Jewish Woman in Jewish Law
Author: Moshe Meiselman
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1978
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780870683299

Rabbi Moshe Meiselman addresses the attitude of Jewish law to women and how the Jewish tradition views the contemporary challenge of feminism. He discusses in detail such current issues as creative ritual, women in a minyan, aliyot for women, talit and tefillin. The question of agunah is also given lengthy consideration. The author mixes current issues with scholarly ones and gives full treatment to other issues such as learning Torah by women, women position in court both as witnesses and as litigants, the marriage ceremony & marital life. — Amazon.com.