Enchantments Of JudaismContains an essay on the theological importance of Bar mitzvah. |
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
Contemporary Judaism | 13 |
Rites of the Individual | 29 |
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The Enchantments of Judaism: Rites of Transformation from Birth Through Death Jacob Neusner No preview available - 1991 |
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Abraham Abraham Joshua Heschel Adam and Eve America appeal bat mitzvah blessing bride celebration circumcision corporate community covenant creation Day of Atonement Days of Awe dead death deeds dual Torah Egypt Eighteen Benedictions Elijah enchantment eternal everyday experience faith father festivals God's Grace after Meals groom halakhah heart Heschel Holocaust and Redemption holy human huppah imagination individual invoke Jacob Neusner Jerusalem Jewish Jewry Jews Judaic Judaism of Holocaust kaddish ketubah King Kol Nidre land Leviticus liturgy live Lord marriage matzah meaning metaphor Mishnah Moses mythic Numbers occasion ordinary ourselves passage Passover seder politics Praised prayer question rabbi reality recitation redeemed religion religious resurrection revelation rite Rome Sabbath sacred salvation sanctify Scripture Shavuot Shema Sinai social entity soul speak stands Sukkot synagogue takes Talmud things this-worldly tion transformation turn words world view Zion