Celebrating the Jewish year : the Spring and Summer holidays : Passover, the Omer, Shavuot, Tisha b'Av / Paul Steinberg ; edited by Janet Greenstein Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinberg, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Potter, Janet Greenstein, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fasts and feasts--Judaism.

Fasts and feasts.

Jewish calendar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : The Jewish Publication Society, 2009.

Summary:

2009 National Jewish Book Award Winner, Jewish Family Literature JPS's holiday books take us through the joys, spirit, and meaning of the seasons. As we move from season to season, Paul Steinberg shares with us a rich collection of readings from many of the Jewish greats-Maimonides, Rashi, Nehama Leibowitz, Irving Greenberg, Shlomo Carlebach, Marge Piercy, Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Arthur Green, and others-and he guides us in discovering for ourselves the many treasures within each text. Some of the readings teach us about the history of each holiday, as well as its theological, ethical, agricultural, and seasonal importance and interpretation; others give us inspiration and much food for thought. These stories, essays, poems, anecdotes, and rituals help us discover how deeply Jewish traditions are rooted in nature's yearly cycle, and how beautifully season and spirit are woven together throughout the Jewish year.

Contents:

v. 1. The fall holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot

v. 2. The winter holidays: Hanukkah, Tu b'Shevat, Purim

v. 3. The spring and summer holidays: Passover, the Omer, shavuot, Tisha b'Av.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 8, 2017).

ISBN:

9780827609938

0827609930