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The JPS guide to Jewish traditions / Ronald L. Eisenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenberg, Ronald L.
- Series:
- JPS guide.
- JPS guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Encyclopedias.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (832 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Jewish Publication Society guide to Jewish traditions
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: Miles z"l and Chris Lerman; David Lerman and Shelley Wallock The bestselling guide to understanding Jewish traditions, now in paperback This is a comprehensive and authoritative resource with ready answers to questions about almost all aspects of Jewish life and.
- Contents:
- Language
- Life-Cycle Events
- The Stages of Life
- First 16 Years of Life
- Birth
- Circumcision
- Names
- Pidyon ha-Ben
- Adoption
- Bar Mitzvah
- Bat Mitzvah
- Confirmation
- Marriage
- Jewish Marriage
- Marriage Ceremony
- Harmonious Married Life
- Obligations and Rights of the Husband
- Prohibited Marriages
- Levirate Marriage/Halitzah
- Intermarriage
- Sex
- Premarital Sex
- Male Homosexuality
- Female Homosexuality
- Divorce
- Jewish Concepts of Divorce
- Divorce Other Than by Consent
- Consequences of Divorce
- Get
- Agunah
- Death
- Death and Dying
- Angel of Death
- Preparation for Burial
- Funeral Service/Burial
- Mourning
- Suicide
- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- Cremation
- Modern Issues Concerning the Dead
- Afterlife and the World to Come
- Sabbath and Festivals
- Restrictions
- Observances
- Liturgy
- Havdalah
- Special Sabbaths
- Festivals and Fasts
- Jewish Calendar
- Rosh Hodesh
- High Holy Days
- Repentance (Teshuvah)
- Selichot
- Elul
- Rosh Hashanah
- Ten Days of Repentance
- Yom Kippur
- Fall Festivals
- Sukkot
- Hoshana Rabbah
- Shemini Atzeret
- Simchat Torah
- Winter Festivals
- Hanukkah
- Tu b'Shevat
- Purim
- Spring Festivals
- Passover
- Omer Period
- Shavuot
- Fast Days and Summer Observances
- 17th of Tammuz
- The Three Weeks
- Tisha b'Av
- Tu b'Av
- Tzom Gedalyah
- 10th of Tevet
- Synagogue and Prayer
- Synagogue
- Synagogue Architecture
- Torah Scrolls and Ornaments
- Ark.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 769-774) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8276-1039-4
- OCLC:
- 923703833
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