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Seasons of our joy: a modern guide to the Jewish holidays
2012, University of Nebraska Press
in English
0827609302 9780827609303
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Table of Contents
Introduction
How to read this book
A word on Hebrew
Preface : seasons of the sun, seasons of the moon
Heading up the year : Rosh Hashanah
Face to face : Yom Kippur
Harvest moon : fulfillment at Sukkot
Seed for winter : Sh'mini Atzeret
Dancing with Torah : Simchat Torah
Dark of the sun, dark of the moon : Hanukkah
The tree that sustains all life : Tu b'Shvat
Spring fever : Purim
Giving birth to freedom : Pesach
Trek through anxiety and hope : counting the omer
Peak experience : Shavuot
Burnt offering : Tisha b'Av
Afterword and foreword
From generation to generation
Appendix I : the second day of festivals
Appendix II : the moon
Appendix III : glossary
Appendix IV : go and study
The festivals and the future
Afterword again.
Edition Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1982.
"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."
Includes bibliographical references.
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