TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eisenberg,Ronald L.
ED  - Jewish Publication Society.
TI  - The JPS guide to Jewish traditions
T2  - JPS guide
SN  - 9780827610392
AV  - BM50 .E49 2004eb
U1  - 296.4 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Jewish Publication Society
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Encyclopedias
KW  - Fasts and feasts
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Encyclopédies
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Jodendom
KW  - gtt
KW  - Riten
KW  - Gebruiken
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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