The Eisenberg, Ronald L. creator Jewish Publication Society text bibliography Electronic books. Encyclopedias. pau Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society 2004 1st ed. monographic eng 1 online resource (xxiii, 806 pages). 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. 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. juvenile Ronald L. Eisenberg. Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-774) and index. Judaism Encyclopedias Fasts and feasts Judaism Judaism Encyclopedias RELIGION Judaism Rituals & Practice Judaism Jodendom Riten Gebruiken BM50 .E49 2004eb 296.4 Eisenberg, Ronald L. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004 1st ed. (DLC) 2004006399 9780827610392 0827610394 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=343752 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=343752 E7B 040317 20200709055318.0 ocn647931994 eng