Download or read book A Gratefulness Guide to Jewish Festivals written by Rabbi Henry Glazer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Guide to Celebration of the Jewish Holidays written by Linda Chesler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We always tried to celebrate the Jewish Holidays as a family. Starting when our children were young, it soon became apparent to us that it was much better and much more meaningful if as part of our celebration, we discussed each holiday with each other, talking about why the holiday is celebrated, its origin and history, how it is celebrated and very importantly its meaning, relevance and value to us today and what we can learn and use in our everyday lives. We wanted the children to feel and understand that the holidays were important for them and each holiday had meaning and value for them and should be celebrated by them for its own sake, not just because they wanted to please their parents and grandparents. Over time we wrote up these discussions and added information for each holiday for our family use. At the urging of many family members and friends who have since seen and liked this material, we would now like to share it and make it available, with this book, for others to use. In the book, emphasis is placed on purpose, meaning, value, joy and inspiration for each holiday and our daily lives. We feel confident that the reader will find this material as valuable and useful as we have for helping to celebrate and getting the most out of the Jewish Holidays.
Download or read book Celebrate written by Lesli Koppelman Ross and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative how-to guide and reference book on the Jewish holidays provides a well-rounded foundation for both knowledge and action. Unlike many books of its kind, Celebrate! The Complete Jewish Holidays Handbook is nondenominational and comprehensive in approach. The author includes the historical development, religious importance, and personal significance of each Jewish holy day in a way that is useful to both beginners and those well versed in Jewish practice. The richness and depth of Jewish tradition, with a full range of information on why and how to celebrate, is presented in a lively, warm, and user-friendly manner.
Download or read book Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays written by Cantor Matt Axelrod and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing texts that examine the Jewish holidays are written in a dry, unexciting way, making it difficult for the reader to retain much information. For those seeking to learn more about Jewish celebrations, Cantor Matt Axelrod has written Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder. Intended for the reader who has no prior knowledge about the Jewish holidays as well as the reader who knows the basics about the holidays but wants to understand the holidays on a deeper level, Axelrod’s book takes a humorous, light-hearted look at the 11 most important Jewish holidays. Instead of simply explaining that Jews are obligated to observe in a certain way because of a biblical text, Axelrod shows where each holiday, along with its rituals, came from in a historical context. He provides a humorous retelling of the biblical passages relating to the holiday, explorations of rituals associated with each holiday, and descriptions of traditional foods. Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays also features special sections labeled “In Depth” or “Perfect for Families” that expand upon elements of each holiday in ways that provide greater understanding of traditions or that invite the reader to get the rest of the family involved.
Download or read book The Jewish Festivals written by Hayyim Schauss and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is the Jewish New Year designated on the Jewish calendar as the first day of the seventh month, and not of the first month? Why do women cover their eyes when reciting the blessing over the Sabbath candles? How did the Seder originate? Does the Book of Esther, read on Purim, mirror any real historical events? Long considered a classic, The Jewish Festivals provides a rich and charming account of the origins, development, and symbolism of the Jewish holidays, and of the diverse rituals, prayers, ceremonial objects, and special foods that have been used throughout history and around the world to celebrate them. Drawing upon a wealth of knowledge of Jewish folkways and customs, Hayyim Schauss shows how these holidays evolved in meaning and importance, depending on the contemporary needs of those who observed them. Written with passion and warmth, this book will infuse your own experience of the holidays with extra meaning and delight.
Download or read book The Jewish Holidays written by Michael Strassfeld and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coeditor of the enormously popular Jewish Catalog "help[s] readers understand more fully the meaning of our holidays and thereby to observe these festivals . . . with a greater devotion and joy."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler
Download or read book Jewish Holidays and Festivals written by Isidor Margolis and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in simple language, are the stories, practices, and prayers of the Jewish holidays. Included are accounts of the Sabbath, Sukkoth, and Chanukah. The story of Passover and its overriding importance in the Jewish faith, as well as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Purim, and Shavouth are also explored and explained in depth.
Download or read book The Non Jew s Guide to Jewish Holidays written by Elizabeth Reynolds and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Chanukah celebrated close to Christmas one year, but closer to Thanksgiving another year? Why do Jews exchange presents on Chanukah? What is Purim, and why do Jews dress in costumes when they go to synagogue on that day? And what are the Four Questions anyway? After reading The Non-Jew's Guide to Jewish Holidays, you will know the answers to these questions and more. This book will explain why the Jewish holidays are observed and the rituals that are followed during the observances. You will also learn why the holidays are celebrated on different days on the secular calendar each year. Written by best-selling author Elizabeth Reynolds, this book is the one to buy if you want to learn more. It covers the Jewish holidays in chronological order beginning with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The holidays included in this book are Shabbat (Sabbath), Days of Awe - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), Shemini Atzerit (Eighth Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah), Chanukah (Festival of Lights), Tu B'Shevat (New Year for Trees), Purim (Feast of Lots), Pesach (Passover), Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Shavuot (Festival of Weeks), and Tisha B'Av (The Fast of Av).
Download or read book The Jewish Holidays written by Michael Strassfeld and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coeditor of the enormously popular Jewish Catalog "help[s] readers understand more fully the meaning of our holidays and thereby to observe these festivals . . . with a greater devotion and joy."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler
Download or read book The Complete Family Guide to Jewish Holidays written by Dalia Hardof Renberg and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good one-volume holiday kit for families looking for basic information and ideas for celebrating the holidays. in addition to the basic facts about the holiday, each chapter contains stories, songs, craft ideas, and recipes.
Download or read book The Jewish Holidays written by Michael Strassfeld and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the practice and meaning of Jewish holidays. Includes readings and inspirational commentary.
Download or read book Life s Daily Blessings written by Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wake up to the divine abundance that is all around you! This inspirational companion helps you recognize God’s gifts in the everyday world around you. For each day of the year, an inspiring quote from a Jewish source and a personal reflection on it help you focus on your spiritual life and all the things you have to be grateful for. Using both the secular and Jewish calendar as a framework, this daily devotional helps you honor the special and holy events of the year as well as identify the sacred in the mundane moments of your life. It draws on the wisdom of Jewish sources and teachings, and ancient and contemporary spiritual thinkers, to gain perspective on the abundance that is all around you—in your achievements and challenges, relationships and personal time, joy and suffering, job and home. It will help you elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary every day of the year.
Download or read book Gates of the Seasons written by Peter S. Knobel and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the sacred days of the Jewish yearly cycle providing detailed guidance on observing the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays, including Yom Ha-shoah (Holocaust Day) and Yom Ha-Atsmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Provides historical background, essays, a 25-year calendar of holidays, extensive notes, bibliography, glossary and index.
Download or read book Seasons of Our Joy written by Arthur I. Waskow and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av, this lively, accessible guide includes rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance."A wonderful blend of information and innovation that will help readers find both traditional a
Download or read book Seasons of Our Joy written by Arthur I. Waskow and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av, this lively, accessible guide includes rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance.--pub.
Download or read book The Tapestry of Jewish Time written by Nina Beth Cardin and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Cardin--writing as a religious leader, friend, neighbor, wife, mother, and daughter--guides us toward a fuller understanding of Judaism. She invites us to become weavers of tradition; to knit our personal stories together with those of our ancestors and our community; and to honor, savor, and celebrate the sacred in our lives. This important addition to the Jewish family library presents detailed explanations of each ritual, along with historical, cultural, and scriptural background. By describing traditional rites as well as contemporary innovations--the Passover seder and Miriam's Cup, baby-naming ceremonies and the practice of wrapping the newborn in a tallit--Rabbi Cardin shows how we can honor and add to our tradition. Supplementary margin notes offer: Examples of ethical wills Personal anecdotes Rabbinic stories, folk tales, and poetry Tips on addressing the December Dilemma Enhancing the volume are exquisite drawings by Ilene Winn-Lederer, a mini-prayerbook of blessings for home observance, and a 20-year calendar of Jewish holidays. Rabbi Cardin invites us to record details of our observance in Personal Weavings--favorite holiday recipes, family rituals, and prayers of the heart--so that the Jewish tradition may be renewed and enriched. The Tapestry of Jewish Time reflects a profound spirituality that inspires us all to contribute to the lush weave of Jewish life.
Download or read book Festivals of the Jewish Year written by Theodor Herzl Gaster and published by New York : W. Sloane. This book was released on 1953 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, traditions, and meanings of particular festivals, fasts and holy days significant to the Jewish people. Bibliog.
