Your guide to the Jewish holidays : from shofar to Seder / cantor Matt Axelrod.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Jason Aronson, [2014]Copyright date: Description: 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780765709899
  • 0765709899
  • 9780765709905
  • 0765709902
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 296.4/3 23
LOC classification:
  • BM690 .A84 2014
Contents:
1. Rosh Hashanah: repent now! -- 2. Yom Kippur: no food for how long? -- 3. Sukkot: please step Into the booth -- 4. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: the holiday that no one knows -- 5. Chanukah: It's a miracle anyone can spell it -- 6. Purim: the ultimate Jewish revenge fantasy -- 7. Passover: bring on the matzah -- 8. Shavuot: the forgotten festival -- 9. Tisha B'av: the saddest day of the year -- 10. Calendar oddities, minutiae, and miscellany: Judaism's own advent calendar and other assorted fun facts.
Summary: For those seeking to learn more about Jewish celebrations. 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 them on a deeper level, Axelrod's book takes a humorous, light-hearted look at the eleven 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 an historical context.
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Includes index.

1. Rosh Hashanah: repent now! -- 2. Yom Kippur: no food for how long? -- 3. Sukkot: please step Into the booth -- 4. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: the holiday that no one knows -- 5. Chanukah: It's a miracle anyone can spell it -- 6. Purim: the ultimate Jewish revenge fantasy -- 7. Passover: bring on the matzah -- 8. Shavuot: the forgotten festival -- 9. Tisha B'av: the saddest day of the year -- 10. Calendar oddities, minutiae, and miscellany: Judaism's own advent calendar and other assorted fun facts.

For those seeking to learn more about Jewish celebrations. 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 them on a deeper level, Axelrod's book takes a humorous, light-hearted look at the eleven 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 an historical context.

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