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Days of light and joy : halachot and homiletic insights for Hanukah and Purim / from the writings of Hacham Yosef Hayim of Baghdad, the author of the Ben ish hai ; [English adaptation by Daniel Levy].
Library at the Katz Center - Special BM695.H3 J67 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph Ḥayyim ben Elijah al-Ḥakam, approximately 1834-1909.
- Standardized Title:
- Works Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hanukkah.
- Purim.
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
- Fasts and feasts.
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 217 pages : portrait, facsimile ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Yeshivat Ahavat Shalom, 5763/2003.
- Contents:
- Hanukah
- Adar
- Purim
- The megillah
- Giving gifts, sending portions
- Feasting and gladness
- Bar mitzvah.
- Notes:
- "[T]his special edition of 'Days of light and joy' ... has been published in honor of the bar mitzvah of Binyamin Shasha ..."--Introd.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1029719924
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