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Holy days : the world of a Hasidic family / Lis Harris.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Lis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Jews.
- Habad.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Manners and customs.
- Hasidim--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Hasidim.
- Hasidism--History.
- Hasidism.
- Habad--History.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (donoe) (Libra copy)
- Physical Description:
- 266 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Summit Books : [Distributed by Simon & Schuster, Inc.], [1985]
- Contents:
- The neighborhood and the family
- A brief social and religious history of Hasidism
- Sabbath
- The rise, fall and reascendance of Hasidism
- Sheina
- The Mikvah (Ritual bath)
- Passover, exile, and exile politics
- The Satmarers and the Lubavitchers
- Education
- Frummies and B.T.s
- Scenes from days of awe
- Dissidents
- A wedding
- A death, a birth
- Succoth.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Edith Fowler."
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations throughout.
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Board of Governors of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth.
- ISBN:
- 0671462962 :
- OCLC:
- 12262348
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