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Studies in Jewish law, custom, and folklore. / Selected, with an introd. by Bernard J. Bamberger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lauterbach, Jacob Zallel, 1873-1942.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Judaism.
- Noncitizens (Jewish law).
- Responsa--1800-.
- Responsa.
- Gentiles in rabbinical literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 253 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Ktav Pub. House, [1970]
- Contents:
- The ceremony of breaking a glass at weddings.
- The naming of children in Jewish folklore, ritual, and practice.
- The origin and development of two Sabbath ceremonies.
- The ritual for the Kapparot ceremony.
- The belief in the power of the word.
- The attitude of the Jew towards the non-Jew.
- Talmudic-rabbinic view on birth control.
- Should one cover the head when participating in divine worship?
- Responsum on question, "Shall women be ordained rabbis?"
- The Jewish attitude toward autopsy.
- Burial practices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0870680137
- OCLC:
- 84575
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