Research Catalog

Title

Jewish traditions / Ronald L. Eisenberg.

Author

Eisenberg, Ronald L.

Publication

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2008, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eisenberg, Ronald L.
• Jewish Publication Society

Description

xxiii, 806 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

The book is divided into four sections: Life cycle events, Sabbath and festivals, Synagogue and prayers and a final miscellany section that touches diverse topics as food, animals, magic and superstition.

Series Statement

JPS guide

Uniform Title

JPS guide

Subject

Judaism > Encyclopedias

Genre/Form

Encyclopedias

Note

• Previously published in 2004 under the title: The JPS guide to Jewish traditions.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 769-774) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780827608825 (pbk.)
• 0827608829 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 212838526
• SCSB-11135903

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library