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| Preface | xxi | |
| Language | xxiii | |
| Life-Cycle Events | ||
| The Stages of Life | 3 | |
| First 16 Years of Life | 4 | |
| Birth | 4 | |
| Circumcision | 7 | |
| Names | 14 | |
| Pidyon ha-Ben | 20 | |
| Adoption | 22 | |
| Bar Mitzvah | 23 | |
| Bat Mitzvah | 26 | |
| Confirmation | 26 | |
| Marriage | 28 | |
| Jewish Marriage | 28 | |
| Marriage Ceremony | 32 | |
| Harmonious Married Life | 47 | |
| Obligations and Rights of the Husband | 48 | |
| Prohibited Marriages | 48 | |
| Levirate Marriage/Halitzah | 52 | |
| Intermarriage | 54 | |
| Sex | 57 | |
| Premarital Sex | 57 | |
| Male Homosexuality | 58 | |
| Female Homosexuality | 60 | |
| Divorce | 62 | |
| Jewish Concepts of Divorce | 62 | |
| Divorce Other Than by Consent | 64 | |
| Consequences of Divorce | 66 | |
| Get | 67 | |
| Agunah | 70 | |
| Death | 74 | |
| Death and Dying | 74 | |
| Angel of Death | 77 | |
| Preparation for Burial | 78 | |
| Funeral Service/Burial | 82 | |
| Mourning | 91 | |
| Suicide | 103 | |
| Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide | 105 | |
| Cremation | 109 | |
| Modern Issues Concerning the Dead | 110 | |
| Afterlife and the World to Come | 114 | |
| Sabbath and Festivals | ||
| Sabbath | 125 | |
| Overview | 125 | |
| Restrictions | 130 | |
| Observances | 136 | |
| Liturgy | 145 | |
| Havdalah | 147 | |
| Special Sabbaths | 152 | |
| Festivals and Fasts | 155 | |
| Overview | 155 | |
| Jewish Calendar | 164 | |
| Rosh Hodesh | 166 | |
| High Holy Days | 171 | |
| Repentance (Teshuvah) | 171 | |
| Selichot | 178 | |
| Elul | 182 | |
| Rosh Hashanah | 184 | |
| Ten Days of Repentance | 204 | |
| Yom Kippur | 206 | |
| Fall Festivals | 227 | |
| Sukkot | 227 | |
| Hoshana Rabbah | 237 | |
| Shemini Atzeret | 239 | |
| Simchat Torah | 240 | |
| Winter Festivals | 244 | |
| Hanukkah | 244 | |
| Tu b'Shevat | 252 | |
| Purim | 254 | |
| Spring Festivals | 264 | |
| Passover | 264 | |
| Omer Period | 293 | |
| Shavuot | 298 | |
| Fast Days and Summer Observances | 303 | |
| 17th of Tammuz | 303 | |
| The Three Weeks | 304 | |
| Tisha b'Av | 304 | |
| Tu b'Av | 307 | |
| Tzom Gedalyah | 308 | |
| 10th of Tevet | 309 | |
| Synagogue and Prayer | ||
| Synagogue | 313 | |
| Overview | 313 | |
| Synagogue Architecture | 321 | |
| Torah Scrolls and Ornaments | 324 | |
| Ark | 332 | |
| Bimah | 335 | |
| Mechitzah | 337 | |
| Rabbi | 338 | |
| Hazzan | 346 | |
| Prayer | 350 | |
| Overview | 350 | |
| Major Themes of Prayer | 355 | |
| Language of Prayer | 356 | |
| Proper Forms of Prayer | 357 | |
| Answer to Prayer | 363 | |
| Congregational Prayer | 365 | |
| Prayer as Polemic | 366 | |
| Siddur | 367 | |
| Minyan | 372 | |
| Kippah | 374 | |
| Tallit | 377 | |
| Tefillin | 382 | |
| Blessings and Benedictions | 386 | |
| Amen | 392 | |
| Kaddish | 394 | |
| Daily and Sabbath Prayers | 399 | |
| Daily Order of Prayers | 399 | |
| Morning Blessings (Birchot ha-Shachar) | 401 | |
| Pesukei de-Zimra | 407 | |
| Barchu | 411 | |
| Ahavah Rabbah/Ahavat Olam | 412 | |
| Shema | 413 | |
| Amidah | 421 | |
| Tachanun | 435 | |
| Torah Service | 438 | |
| Haftarah | 456 | |
| Av ha-Rachamim | 461 | |
| Yekum Purkan/Mi She Berakh | 461 | |
| Prayer for the Government | 463 | |
| U-va le-Zion Go'el | 464 | |
| Ein Keloheinu | 465 | |
| Aleinu | 466 | |
| Prayers Recited before Leaving the Synagogue | 468 | |
| Psalm of the Day | 469 | |
| Yigdal | 470 | |
| Adon Olam | 471 | |
| An'im Zemirot | 472 | |
| Personal Prayers | 473 | |
| Modeh Ani | 473 | |
| Bedtime Prayers | 473 | |
| Blessings before Eating | 474 | |
| Grace after Meals (Birkat ha-Mazon) | 476 | |
| Shir ha-Ma'alot | 478 | |
| Shehecheyanu | 479 | |
| Tefillat ha-Derech | 479 | |
| Thanksgiving Blessing (Birkat ha-Gomel) | 480 | |
| Jewish Literature | ||
| Bible | 485 | |
| Ten Commandments | 489 | |
| Masoretic Text | 493 | |
| Biblical Commentary | 495 | |
| Rabbinic Literature | 498 | |
| Mishnah | 499 | |
| Baraita and Tosefta | 500 | |
| Talmud | 501 | |
| Commentaries and Codes | 504 | |
| Midrash | 507 | |
| Thirteen Principles of Faith | 509 | |
| Mitzvot | ||
| Overview | 515 | |
| Enumeration of the Mitzvot | 515 | |
| Rabbinic Commandments | 516 | |
| Reasons for Observance of the Mitzvot (Ta'amei ha-Mitzvot) | 517 | |
| Performance of the Mitzvot | 523 | |
| Obligation of Women to Perform the Commandments | 527 | |
| Proper Behavior and Ethical Living | 530 | |
| Gemilut Hasadim | 530 | |
| Tzedakah | 531 | |
| Hospitality (Hakhnasat Orchim) | 539 | |
| Visiting the Sick (Bikur Holim) | 542 | |
| Pikuach Nefesh | 548 | |
| Lashon ha-Ra | 550 | |
| Washing the Hands | 553 | |
| Mikveh (Ritual Bath) | 555 | |
| Niddah (Menstruating Woman) | 557 | |
| Sha'atnez (Mingling of Fabrics) | 562 | |
| Jewish Courts and Judges | 563 | |
| Business Ethics | 568 | |
| Prohibition against Lending at Interest | 570 | |
| Miscellany | ||
| Symbols of Jews and of Israel | 575 | |
| Magen David (Star or Shield of David) | 575 | |
| Israeli Flag | 577 | |
| Hatikvah | 578 | |
| Menorah | 578 | |
| Mezuzah | 580 | |
| Magic and Superstition | 583 | |
| Amulet | 583 | |
| Evil Eye | 584 | |
| Popular Superstitions | 586 | |
| Other Customs and Concepts | 590 | |
| Beards | 590 | |
| A Chosen People | 592 | |
| Conversion | 595 | |
| Dreams | 603 | |
| Excommunication | 607 | |
| Golem | 610 | |
| Heavenly Bodies | 611 | |
| Kissing Holy Objects | 618 | |
| Kitel | 619 | |
| The Messiah | 619 | |
| Mizrach | 623 | |
| Names of God | 624 | |
| Numbers | 630 | |
| Satan | 648 | |
| Shalom | 649 | |
| Food | ||
| Overview | 655 | |
| Dietary Laws (Kashrut) | 656 | |
| Seven Species | 667 | |
| Specific Foods | 674 | |
| Plants and Animals | ||
| Plants | 695 | |
| Trees | 695 | |
| Specific Plants | 697 | |
| Animals | 705 | |
| Cruelty to Animals | 705 | |
| Specific Animals | 709 | |
| Notes | 733 | |
| Abbreviations | 767 | |
| Bibliography | 769 | |
| Appendix | ||
| Weekly Torah and Haftarah Readings | 775 | |
| Torah Readings for Holidays and Special Sabbaths | 777 | |
| Orders of Mishnah and Tractates of the Talmud | 779 | |
| Index | 783 |
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Stephen Kinney
reviewed The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions: A JPS Desk Reference on August 17, 2011
The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions: A JPS Desk Reference
This book is like liquid smoke or powdered milk--not exactly one thing or another. The author wends her way between describing historical developments, analyzing social trends, and sharing reflections grounded in her own experience (while telling us as little as possible about her life, it felt like). Near the end, Shulevitz writes, "The conventions of spiritual autobiography require me to conclude by telling you how I keep the Sabbath now, as opposed to when I began this book." I almost wanted to laugh: "Please," I thought, "if you're feeling so constrained by the conventions of spiritual autobiography, which you're barely writing anyway, don't put yourself out just for us readers!" I did enjoy the book, but it defies categorization--it's a meditation or musing more than it is a history, sociological treatise, or spiritual autobiography. So if you're looking for any of the latter, you are likely to be disappointed; however, if you're looking for liquid smoke, then this book is perfect.
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