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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: EmunotPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 130 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781618112538
  • 1618112538
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish customs of kabbalistic originDDC classification:
  • 296.16 23
LOC classification:
  • BM700 .F254 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)640305

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.

Print version record.

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