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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 | |