Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Eisenberg, Ronald L. Title: The JPS guide to Jewish traditions / Ronald L. Eisenberg. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004. Description: xxiii, 806 pages ; 24 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. Subjects: Judaism -- Encyclopedias. Other Author: Jewish Publication Society. Other Title: Jewish Publication Society guide to Jewish traditions Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-774) and index. 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. Web Site: Table of contents Publisher description LCCN: 2004006399 ISBN: 0827607601 9780827607606 Other Number: 54778509 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 147940 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 296.4 Eisenber Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
