Seasons of Our Joy A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays

Name: Seasons of Our Joy A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays
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ISBN: 9780827609303

ISBN-10: 0827609302

ISBN-13: 9780827609303

Edition: 2012

Authors: Arthur O. Waskow

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Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B’Av, this lively, accessible guide provides rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance. Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow explores the meaning of each holiday in relation to the history of the Jewish people and individual spirituality, examines how the place of each holiday in the cycle of the moon and the changing seasons affects the mood of the day, and suggests ritual and spiritual ways to prepare for each festival.In his extensive afterword to this new edition ofSeasons of Our Joy, Rabbi Waskow addresses the many changes Judaism has undergone in the last thirty years, as feminist Judaism,…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Introduction


How to Read this Book


A Word on Hebrew


Preface: Seasons of the Sun, Seasons of the Moon



Heading Up the Year-Rosh Hashanah



Face to Face-Yom Kippur



Harvest Moon-Fulfillment at Sukkot



Seed for Winter-Sh'mini Atzeret



Dancing with Torah-Simchat Torah



Dark of the Sun, Dark of the Moon-Hanukkah



The Tree that Sustains All Life-Tu B'Shvat



Spring Fever-Purim



Giving Birth to Freedom-Pesach



Trek through Anxiety and Hope-Counting the Omer



Peak Experience-Shavuot



Burnt Offering-Tisha B'Av


Afterword and Foreword


From Generation to Generation



The Second Day of Festivals



The Moon



Glossary



Go and Study


The Festivals and the Future


Afterword Again