The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
In thoughtful and engaging prose, Rabbi Irving Greenberg explains and interprets the origin, background, interconnections, ceremonial rituals, and religious significance of all the Jewish holidays, including Passover, Yom Kippur, Purim, Hanukkah, Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day. Giving detailed instructions for observance - the rituals, prayers, foods, and songs - he shows how celebrating the holy days of the Jewish calendar not only relives Jewish history but puts one...
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In thoughtful and engaging prose, Rabbi Irving Greenberg explains and interprets the origin, background, interconnections, ceremonial rituals, and religious significance of all the Jewish holidays, including Passover, Yom Kippur, Purim, Hanukkah, Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day. Giving detailed instructions for observance - the rituals, prayers, foods, and songs - he shows how celebrating the holy days of the Jewish calendar not only relives Jewish history but puts one in touch with the basic ideals of Judaism and the fundamental experience of life.Insightful, original, and engrossing, The Jewish Way is an essential volume that should be in every Jewish home, library, and synagogue. Publishers Weekly A comprehensive guide to the Jewish holidays. (Sept.)
Preface A Word to the Reader\ PART I: THE VISION AND THE WAY\ 1. The Holidays as the Jewish Way\ 2. Judaism as an Exodus Religion: Passover\ 3. The Covenant of Redemption: Shavuot\ 4. Journey to Liberation: Sukkot\ PART II: PERSONAL LIFE ALONG THE WAY\ 5. The Dream and How to Live It: Shabbat\ 6. Rebirth and Renewal: High Holy Days\ PART III: WALKING THE WAY—THROUGH JEWISH HISTORY\ 7. Confronting Jewish Destiny: Purim\ 8. Assimilation, Acculturation, and Jewish Survival: Hanukkah\ 9. Destruction and Response: Tisha B'Av\ PART IV: UNFOLDING THE WAY: JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN OUR TIME\ 10. The Shattered Paradigm: Yom Yashoah\ 11. Resurrection and Redemption: Yom Ha'Atzmaut\ AFTERWORD\ Appendix A: Two "Minor" Festivals: Rosh Hodesh and Tu B'Shvat Appendix B: Passover—Prayer for the Seder Appendix C: For Study and Discussion Bibliography Glossary of Names Index
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ A comprehensive guide to the Jewish holidays. (Sept.)\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalThe diverse, nondelineated material in this book precludes its easy use as a handbook, distinguishing it from such works as Leo Trepp's traditional Complete Book of Jewish Observance ( LJ 10/15/86) or Arthur Waskow's innovative Seasons of Our Joy (Summit Bks., 1986) . The chapters on each major and minor holiday are crammed with facts, anecdotes, and personal reflections; the Hassidic and Kabbalistic tales contain moral messages that reinforce Greenberg's perspective. Indeed, Greenberg appears to use the holidays as a vehicle for expressing his own philosophy of Judaism. There are meaningful interpretations, but they can best be appreciated by readers with a basic understanding of Jewish principles. Carol R. Glatt, Northeastern Hosp . of Philadelphia\ \ \ Cynthia Ozick"The Jewish Way confirms and makes even more widely accessible what Rabbi Greenberg's enchanted following already knows: That he is one of the great teachers of our generation."\ \ \ \ \ Elie Wiesel"Perceptive, enriching, profoundly moving—this volume by Irving Greenberg will further inspire his many followers who wish to understand and receive the joy and anguish of the Jewish tradition."\ \
