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Foreword | |
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Introduction: A Discovery | |
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A Welcome from 1593 | |
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Custom and Law | |
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Fundamentals of Prayer | |
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The Days of the Week | |
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Prayers upon Waking | |
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Shaharit: The Morning Synagogue Service | |
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Blessings of Food and Drink | |
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Minhah: The Afternoon Synagogue Service | |
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Maariv: The Evening Synagogue Service | |
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The Bedtime Shema | |
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Sabbath | |
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Preparations for the Sabbath | |
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Friday Evening: Kabbalat Shabbat | |
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Friday Evening Service | |
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Friday Evening at Home | |
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Saturday Morning | |
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Musaf Service | |
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The Sabbath Day Meal | |
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Sabbath Afternoon Service | |
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The Third Sabbath Meal | |
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The Conclusion of Sabbath | |
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Rosh Hodesh | |
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The Prayers for Rosh Hodesh | |
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When Rosh Hodesh Falls on Sabbath | |
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Shabbat Mahar Hodesh | |
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Blessing the New Moon | |
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The Month of Nisan | |
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Shabbat Hagadol | |
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The Preparations for Passover | |
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Preparing the Flour for Matzoh | |
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Passover | |
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The First Night of Passover | |
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The Seder | |
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The First Day of Passover | |
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General Laws of Festivals | |
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Forbidden and Permitted Foods on Passover | |
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The Second Night of Passover | |
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The Counting of the Omer | |
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The Second Day of Passover | |
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Hol Hamoed: The Intermediate Days of Passover | |
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Sabbath During the Intermediate Days of Passover | |
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The Last Days of Passover | |
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Yom Hashoah | |
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The Month of Iyar | |
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Yom Hazikaron, Yom Haatzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim | |
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Lag b'Omer | |
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The Month of Sivan | |
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Shavuot | |
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The First Day of Shavuot | |
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The Second Day of Shavuot | |
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The Month of Tamuz | |
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The Month of Av | |
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Tishah b'Av | |
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The Customs of Tishah b'Av | |
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The Month of Av After the Ninth | |
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The Month of Elul | |
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Teshuvah and Selihah: Repentance and Forgiveness | |
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Tzedakah: Charity as Justice | |
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The Day Before Rosh Hashanah | |
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The Month of Tishrei | |
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The Book of Life and the Book of Death | |
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Rosh Hashanah | |
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The First Day of Rosh Hashanah | |
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The Second Day of Rosh Hashanah | |
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The Fast of Gedaliah | |
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Shabbat Shuvah: The Sabbath of Return | |
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The Day Before Yom Kippur | |
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Yom Kippur | |
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Kol nidrei: The Eve of Yom Kippur | |
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The Morning of Yom Kippur | |
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Musaf Service | |
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Afternoon Service | |
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Neilah: the Last Appeal | |
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The Conclusion of Yom Kippur | |
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Sukkot | |
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The Sukkah | |
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The Four Species | |
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The First Night of Sukkot | |
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The First Two Days of Sukkot | |
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The Intermediate Days of Sukkot | |
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Sabbath During the Intermediate Days of Sukkot | |
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Hoshana Rabbah | |
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Shemini Atzeret | |
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Simhat Torah | |
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The Month of Heshvan | |
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The Month of Kislev | |
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Hanukkah | |
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The Customs of Hanukkah | |
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The Synagogue Customs of Hanukkah | |
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The Month of Tevet | |
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The Tenth of Tevet | |
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The Month of Shevat | |
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Shabbat Shekalim: The Sabbath of the Shekel Tax | |
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The Month(s) of Adar | |
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Shabbat Zakhor: The Sabbath of Remembrance | |
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Purim | |
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The Customs of Purim | |
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Shabbat Parah: The Sabbath of the Red Heifer | |
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Shabbat Hahodesh: The Sabbath of the Month | |
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Wedding | |
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Concepts and Artifacts of Betrothal and Marriage | |
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Modern Weddings | |
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Circumcision | |
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Pidyon haben: The Redemption of the Firstborn Son | |
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah | |
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The Background of Bar and Bat Mitzvah | |
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The Customs of Bar and Bat Mitzvah | |
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Death and Mourning | |
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At the Time of Death | |
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Preparation of the Corpse | |
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The Funeral and Burial | |
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Mourning | |
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Notes and Bibliography | |
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Transliterations and Translations | |
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Page Notes | |
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Other Works Consulted | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Index | |