Jewish Feasts and FastsPress of the Jewish publication society, 1945 - 317 pages |
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... Persia or of Media , which later became part of the Persian empire under Cyrus , in 550 B.C.E. Zoroastrianism , the ancient Persian religion , has many points in common with Judaism , and modern scholars are not quite agreed as to ...
... Persia or of Media , which later became part of the Persian empire under Cyrus , in 550 B.C.E. Zoroastrianism , the ancient Persian religion , has many points in common with Judaism , and modern scholars are not quite agreed as to ...
Page 138
... Persian province for more than two centuries , until its conquest by Alexander the Great . The larger Jewish community that remained in Persia ap- parently enjoyed considerable freedom , and some of them even achieved wealth and high ...
... Persian province for more than two centuries , until its conquest by Alexander the Great . The larger Jewish community that remained in Persia ap- parently enjoyed considerable freedom , and some of them even achieved wealth and high ...
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... Persia as known to us . Some have been inclined to regard the entire story as a romance , without any foundation in fact , while others as- sumed that it was a fictional elaboration of an incident in the history of the Jews under the ...
... Persia as known to us . Some have been inclined to regard the entire story as a romance , without any foundation in fact , while others as- sumed that it was a fictional elaboration of an incident in the history of the Jews under the ...
Contents
Festivals | 14 |
Rosh Hashanah | 14 |
The Symbolic Ceremony of Tashlich | 17 |
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Ahasuerus ancient Antiochus Ashkenazic Babylonian Bible biblical Book of Esther celebration century ceremony chanted Christian commandments congregation connected custom Day of Atonement Deuteronomy Egypt Egyptians elaborate entire exile Exodus faith fast day father feast festival first-born given God's Greek Haggadah Hallel Haman Hanukkah harvest Hasidim Hasmonean Hazzan Hebrew high priest holiday Hoshana hymns Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jewish history Jews Josephus Judah Judaism Judea king known Kol Nidre later legend liturgy Lord Maccabean Maccabees Mattathias mazzot meal mercy Middle Ages Mishnah month Mordecai Moses myrtle Nidre night Nisan observance offered origin Palestine Passover period permitted Persia Pharaoh pious plagues prayer prophet Psalms Purim rabbis reading reason recited reference regarded religion religious Revelation ritual Roman Rosh Hashanah Ruth Sabbath sacrifice Seder Shabbat Shabuot Shofar Shushan Sinai sins song story Sukkah Sukkot symbol synagogue Talmud Temple tion Torah tradition trees Yom Kippur