Jewish Feasts and FastsPress of the Jewish publication society, 1945 - 317 pages |
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Page 128
... Sabbath . Certain Sabbaths of the year were distinguished because of the importance of their Torah selection or of their prophetic selection . Thus we have in our calendar Shabbat Hazon , the Sabbath preceding Tisha b'Ab , and Shabbat ...
... Sabbath . Certain Sabbaths of the year were distinguished because of the importance of their Torah selection or of their prophetic selection . Thus we have in our calendar Shabbat Hazon , the Sabbath preceding Tisha b'Ab , and Shabbat ...
Page 176
... Sabbath was named the Great Sabbath . This reason for the name is quoted in the name of Rashi by several of his disciples and is the reason also given in the Shulhan Aruch . A more prosaic reason is offered by a codifier of the ...
... Sabbath was named the Great Sabbath . This reason for the name is quoted in the name of Rashi by several of his disciples and is the reason also given in the Shulhan Aruch . A more prosaic reason is offered by a codifier of the ...
Page 177
... Sabbath from the book of Malachi , which concludes with the passage : " Behold I shall send to you Elijah the prophet prior to the coming of the ' great ' and fearful day . " Others again say that the name was given to this Sabbath ...
... Sabbath from the book of Malachi , which concludes with the passage : " Behold I shall send to you Elijah the prophet prior to the coming of the ' great ' and fearful day . " Others again say that the name was given to this Sabbath ...
Contents
Festivals | 14 |
Rosh Hashanah | 14 |
The Symbolic Ceremony of Tashlich | 17 |
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