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Jewish customs of kabbalistic origin : their history and practice / Morris Faierstein.

By: Series: EmunotPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 130 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781618112538 (electronic bk.)
  • 1618112538 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish customs of kabbalistic originDDC classification:
  • 296.16 23
LOC classification:
  • BM700 .F254 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
""Front ""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE SYNAGOGUE""; ""TALIT AND TEFILLIN ""; ""PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS""; ""SABBATH CUSTOMS""; ""MINOR OBSERVANCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX OF CITATIONS""
Jewish religious practice has been transformed by the Kabbalists of Safed in the 16th century. They brought new meaning and importance to many Biblical and rabbinic commandments and created new rituals that have become central practices for Jews of all denominations. This volume describes the origins of these traditions and explains the mystical meaning of these specific practices and rituals.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-125) and index.

Jewish religious practice has been transformed by the Kabbalists of Safed in the 16th century. They brought new meaning and importance to many Biblical and rabbinic commandments and created new rituals that have become central practices for Jews of all denominations. This volume describes the origins of these traditions and explains the mystical meaning of these specific practices and rituals.

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""Front ""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE SYNAGOGUE""; ""TALIT AND TEFILLIN ""; ""PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS""; ""SABBATH CUSTOMS""; ""MINOR OBSERVANCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX OF CITATIONS""

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