Why Jews Do what They Do: The History of Jewish Customs Throughout the Cycle of the Jewish YearExplanations on the whys and wherefores of many Jewish customs. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MINOR OCCASIONS | 73 |
PART V SHAVUOT | 112 |
27 | 141 |
CHAPTER 14 | 150 |
CHAPTER 16 | 167 |
PART IXSUKKOT | 177 |
CHAPTER 20 | 187 |
PART XHANNUKAH | 202 |
CHAPTER 24 | 213 |
PASSOVER | 216 |
Common terms and phrases
17 Tammuz according Akiva aliyot Ashkenaz Avraham Bavli Beit Yosef Berakhot Birkat blessing chap CHAPTER cited custom drink wine eat meat eat nuts Eretz Israel fast Gaon gematria Geonic ha-Minhagim ha-Moed Haftarah hair cut Halakhah halakhic Halakhot Hannukah Hilkhot immerse Iyyar Jerusalem Joshua Kiddush Lag Be-Omer Maharam Maharil Mahzor Vitry Masekhet Soferim matzah Megillah Meiri Midrash Minhag Minhagei Yisrael mitzvah mizmor Mordekhai mourning Nisan noted olive oil Omer one's hair Orhot Hayyim Otzar ha-Geonim Parashat Passover Pesahim Poskim prayer prohibition Purim Rabbenu Rambam Rashi reading reason recite regarding Rema Responsa responsum Rishonim Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hodesh Rosh Hodesh Iyyar Saadiah Sabbath Sages Seder Sefer ha-Manhig Sefer Maharil Sefirah Shabbat shave Shavuot Shibbolei Shulhan Arukh Siddur Siddur Rashi siman Simhat Torah sources Sukkot Taanit Esther Talmud Tefillah tion Tisha Be-Av Torah scroll Va-yekhulu verses words Yaakov Yehudah Yerushalmi Yitzhak Yom Kippur Yosef Karo