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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works Literature Juvenile literature Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sol Scharfstein |
ISBN: | 0881256269 9780881256260 088125634X 9780881256345 |
OCLC Number: | 40543091 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 186 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
Contents: | Everything starts with a calendar -- The Sabbath -- The high holy days -- The three pilgrimage festivals -- Sukkot and Simchat Torah -- Chanukah -- Tu Bi-Shevat -- Purim -- Passover -- Yom Ha-Shoah -- Yom Ha-Zikkaron -- Yom Ha-Atzma'ut -- Lag Ba-Omer -- Yom Yerushalayim -- Shavuot -- Tishah B'Av -- The synagogue -- The Torah -- Bar and Bat Mitzvah -- The Jewish home -- The world of Jewish books -- The cycle of Jewish life. |
Other Titles: | Jewish holidays and customs |
Responsibility: | by Sol Scharfstein. |
Abstract:
A historical and contemporary overview of customs and ceremonies as practiced by Jews from Biblical times to the present, discussing the changes that have taken place through the centuries.
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