Jewish Feasts and FastsPress of the Jewish publication society, 1945 - 317 pages |
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Page 17
... ceremony is performed , not on Rosh Hashanah , but on the sixth or eighth day of Tishri . The symbolic nature of the ceremony is quite obvious . The consciousness of sin becomes very keen on the Day of Memorial and the regret for the ...
... ceremony is performed , not on Rosh Hashanah , but on the sixth or eighth day of Tishri . The symbolic nature of the ceremony is quite obvious . The consciousness of sin becomes very keen on the Day of Memorial and the regret for the ...
Page 247
... ceremony until the eighteenth century . The early Jewish reformers , realizing the gradual disintegration of the Bar Mizvah ceremony , adopted the Confirmation rite from the Lutheran Church and gave it Jewish meaning and significance ...
... ceremony until the eighteenth century . The early Jewish reformers , realizing the gradual disintegration of the Bar Mizvah ceremony , adopted the Confirmation rite from the Lutheran Church and gave it Jewish meaning and significance ...
Page 249
... ceremony and through that the festival assumed greater meaning in the localities where the ceremony is observed . In medieval Germany , Shabuot was the day on which the Jewish boy was initiated into the study of the Torah and this ...
... ceremony and through that the festival assumed greater meaning in the localities where the ceremony is observed . In medieval Germany , Shabuot was the day on which the Jewish boy was initiated into the study of the Torah and this ...
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