| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 806 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
JPS guide
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JPS guide.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-774) and index. |
| Contents |
Language -- Life-Cycle Events -- 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 -- Three Weeks -- Tisha b'Av -- Tu b'Av -- Tzom Gedalyah -- 10th of Tevet -- Synagogue and Prayer -- Synagogue -- Synagogue Architecture -- Torah Scrolls and Ornaments -- Ark. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judaism -- Encyclopedias.
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Judaism. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Subject |
Fasts and feasts -- Judaism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Jewish Publication Society.
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| Added Title |
Jewish Publication Society guide to Jewish traditions |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Eisenberg, Ronald L. JPS guide to Jewish traditions. 1st ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004 (DLC) 2004006399 |
| ISBN |
9780827610392 (electronic book) |
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0827610394 (electronic book) |
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0827607601 |
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9780827607606 |
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