Jewish Holidays

by Michael Strassfeld

Paperback, 1985

Status

Off Shelf

Call number

240 STR

Tags

Holidays, Customs

Genres

Collections

ADULT COLLECTION, Flag to Weed, 24X Observances (Customs&Ceremonies) inc. Lifecycle/Dietary

Publication

William Morrow Paperbacks (1985), Paperback, 256 pages

Description

The coeditor of the enormously popular Jewish Catalog "help[s] readers understand more fully the meaning of our holidays and thereby to observe these festivals . . . with a greater devotion and joy."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler

User reviews

LibraryThing member drinkingtea
I like the pictures and the variety of practices it shows. If you are looking for a how-to book, though, this is not for you.
1 more
LibraryThing member raizel
A guide to the holidays of the Jewish year. Along the outer margins are comments from Arnold Eisen, Everett Gendler, Arthur Green, Edward L. Greenstein, and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

Subjects

Fasts and feasts Judaism

Physical description

256 p.; 9.95 inches

ISBN

0062720082 / 9780062720085

Local notes

240, STR

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