Seasons of our joy : a modern guide to the Jewish holidays / Arthur O. Waskow ; illustrated with papercuts by Martin Farren and Joan Benjamin-Farren ; seasoned with recipes by Rose Gertz ... [and others] ; with a new afterword by the author.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Waskow, Arthur Ocean, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
• Jewish cooking.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]

Summary:

• Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av, this lively, accessible guide provides rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance. Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow explores the meaning of each holiday in relation to the history of the Jewish people and individual spirituality, examines how the place of each holiday in the cycle of the moon and the changing seasons affects the mood of the day, and suggests ritual and spiritual ways to prepare for each festival.
• In his extensive afterword to this new edition of Seasons of Our Joy, Rabbi Waskow addresses the many changes Judaism has undergone in the last thirty years, as feminist Judaism, neo-Chassidic mysticism, eco-Judaism, and Jewish meditation have newly colored our understanding of the festivals. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Introduction
• How to read this book
• A word on Hebrew
• Preface : seasons of the sun, seasons of the moon
• Heading up the year : Rosh Hashanah
• Face to face : Yom Kippur
• Harvest moon : fulfillment at Sukkot
• Seed for winter : Sh'mini Atzeret
• Dancing with Torah : Simchat Torah
• Dark of the sun, dark of the moon : Hanukkah
• The tree that sustains all life : Tu b'Shvat
• Spring fever : Purim
• Giving birth to freedom : Pesach
• Trek through anxiety and hope : counting the omer
• Peak experience : Shavuot
• Burnt offering : Tisha b'Av
• Afterword and foreword
• From generation to generation
• Appendix I : the second day of festivals
• Appendix II : the moon
• Appendix III : glossary
• Appendix IV : go and study
• The festivals and the future
• Afterword again.

Notes:

• Reprint. Originally published: Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1982.
• "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 0827609302
• 9780827609303

OCLC:

785862649

Publisher Number:

99950375667