What You Will See Inside a Synagogue

by Lawrence A. Hoffman

Other authorsRon Wolfson, Bill Aron (Photographer)
Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

jFIC HOF

Publication

Skylight Paths Publishing (2008), Paperback, 31 pages

Description

Names and explains the various objects found in a synagogue, how they are used in the service and other events, the rabbi and lay people who use them, and the meaning behind them.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ShellyCBuchanan
This book is quite inviting, with lots of great photographs on synagogues in action. I notice this book is part of a series, which includes looks at a mosque, a catholic church (both an English and a Spanish version) and a hindu temple.

I appreciate how the book is organized, with sections on the
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Jewish people, how they worship, the holy book the Torah, the different holidays and traditions, and photographs of synagogues around the world. This looks to be one volume in a series that would be useful in any library, public or school.
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Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

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