04518cam a2200685Ma 4500 ocn647931994 OCoLC 20200709055318.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 040317s2004 pau job 001 0 eng d 2004006399 E7B eng pn E7B OCLCQ N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO COO OCLCO EBLCP OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ AZK CNNLC OCLCO 643795347 676695815 761265144 770791556 905750160 923703833 961555592 962617395 9780827610392 (electronic bk.) 0827610394 (electronic bk.) 0827607601 9780827607606 343752 (N$T) (OCoLC)647931994 (OCoLC)643795347 (OCoLC)676695815 (OCoLC)761265144 (OCoLC)770791556 (OCoLC)905750160 (OCoLC)923703833 (OCoLC)961555592 (OCoLC)962617395 BM50 .E49 2004eb REL 040010 bisacsh 296.4 22 MAIN Eisenberg, Ronald L. The JPS guide to Jewish traditions / Ronald L. Eisenberg. Jewish Publication Society guide to Jewish traditions 1st ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004. 1 online resource (xxiii, 806 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Bibliography JPS guide Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-774) and index. Language -- Life-Cycle Events -- The Stages of Life -- First 16 Years of Life -- Birth -- Circumcision -- Names -- Pidyon ha-Ben -- Adoption -- Bar Mitzvah -- Bat Mitzvah -- Confirmation -- Marriage -- Jewish Marriage -- Marriage Ceremony -- Harmonious Married Life -- Obligations and Rights of the Husband -- Prohibited Marriages -- Levirate Marriage/Halitzah -- Intermarriage -- Sex -- Premarital Sex -- Male Homosexuality -- Female Homosexuality -- Divorce -- Jewish Concepts of Divorce -- Divorce Other Than by Consent -- Consequences of Divorce -- Get -- Agunah -- Death -- Death and Dying -- Angel of Death -- Preparation for Burial -- Funeral Service/Burial -- Mourning -- Suicide -- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide -- Cremation -- Modern Issues Concerning the Dead -- Afterlife and the World to Come -- Sabbath and Festivals -- Restrictions -- Observances -- Liturgy -- Havdalah -- Special Sabbaths -- Festivals and Fasts -- Jewish Calendar -- Rosh Hodesh -- High Holy Days -- Repentance (Teshuvah) -- Selichot -- Elul -- Rosh Hashanah -- Ten Days of Repentance -- Yom Kippur -- Fall Festivals -- Sukkot -- Hoshana Rabbah -- Shemini Atzeret -- Simchat Torah -- Winter Festivals -- Hanukkah -- Tu b'Shevat -- Purim -- Spring Festivals -- Passover -- Omer Period -- Shavuot -- Fast Days and Summer Observances -- 17th of Tammuz -- The Three Weeks -- Tisha b'Av -- Tu b'Av -- Tzom Gedalyah -- 10th of Tevet -- Synagogue and Prayer -- Synagogue -- Synagogue Architecture -- Torah Scrolls and Ornaments -- Ark. The book is divided into four sections: Life cycle events, Sabbath and festivals, Synagogue and prayers and a final miscellany section that touches diverse topics as food, animals, magic and superstition. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Judaism Encyclopedias. Fasts and feasts Judaism. Judaism Encyclopedias. RELIGION Judaism Rituals & Practice. bisacsh Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst00984280 Jodendom. gtt Riten. gtt Gebruiken. gtt Electronic books. Encyclopedias. fast (OCoLC)fst01423798 Jewish Publication Society. Print version: Eisenberg, Ronald L. JPS guide to Jewish traditions. 1st ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004 (DLC) 2004006399 JPS guide. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=343752 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3039350 ebrary EBRY ebr10388542 EBSCOhost EBSC 343752 YBP Library Services YANK 3298048 92 N$T 50069 50069