Traditions and celebrations for the Bat Mitzvah / edited by Ora Wiskind Elper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiskind-Elper, Ora, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bat mitzvah.

Bat mitzvah sermons.

Jewish religious education of girls.

Jewish women--Religious life.

Jewish women.

Women (Jewish law).

Women in Judaism.

Responsa--1900-.

Responsa.

Physical Description:

344 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Bat Mitzvah

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Urim Publications :. MaTaN ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Lambda Publishers, c2003.

Summary:

Since the Bat-Mitzvah celebration is not founded in ancient tradition, much confusion surrounds it. In Traditions and Celebrations for the Bat Mitzvah, rabbis and experienced educators, learned women and men, consider the occasion of bat mitzvah from a variety of perspectives legal, philosophical, pedagogical and personal. These essays offer reflections on the nature and form of the event itself, halakhic responsa, source materials for study in preparation for the acceptance of mitzvot, and descriptions of existing bat mitzvah preparatory programs.

Contents:

I. Marking the day and celebrating the occasion: Celebrating the Bat Mitzvah ; Responsa on ways to mark the Bat Mitzvah day ; Derashot in honor of the Bat Mitzvah

II. "And above all, study Torah": On women and the feminine ; Halakhic issues concerning women.

Notes:

Some articles were translated from the Hebrew edition: Bat Mitsṿah : ḳovets maʾamarim (Yerushalayim : Matan, Makhon Torani le-nashim, 2002).

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Bat mitsṿah : ḳovets maʾamarim. English. Selections.

ISBN:

9657108527

OCLC:

52333201