Jewish Feasts and FastsPress of the Jewish publication society, 1945 - 317 pages |
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Page 68
... ancient times in the various properties of the myrtle . The humbler member in the combination of the four species is the willow of the brook . It grows in abundance along any body of water and is especially in evidence on the banks of ...
... ancient times in the various properties of the myrtle . The humbler member in the combination of the four species is the willow of the brook . It grows in abundance along any body of water and is especially in evidence on the banks of ...
Page 225
... ancient peoples the harvest season was a time of joy and merrymaking and it was probably observed as such also by the ancient Israelites . In later times , however , a certain gloom was cast over this period , and the ' Omer days ...
... ancient peoples the harvest season was a time of joy and merrymaking and it was probably observed as such also by the ancient Israelites . In later times , however , a certain gloom was cast over this period , and the ' Omer days ...
Page 249
... ancient times . It was only during the last century that Shabuot was selected by the Reform synagogue as the most appropriate day for the Confirmation ceremony and through that the festival assumed greater meaning in the localities ...
... ancient times . It was only during the last century that Shabuot was selected by the Reform synagogue as the most appropriate day for the Confirmation ceremony and through that the festival assumed greater meaning in the localities ...
Contents
Festivals | 14 |
Rosh Hashanah | 14 |
The Symbolic Ceremony of Tashlich | 17 |
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