The Jewish holidays : a guide and commentary /: a guide and commentary. (©1985)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Michael Strassfeld ; illustrated by Betsy Platkin Teutsch ; commentaries by Arnold Eisen [and others].
• Other Names: Strassfeld, Michael; Teutsch, Betsy Platkin; Eisen, Arnold M, 1951-
• Contents: Pesah: Feasting for Freedom -- The Omer: Countdown to Sinai -- Yom Ha-Shoah: Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust -- Yom Ha-Atzma'ut: Israeli Independence Day -- Yom Yerushalayim: Jerusalem Day -- Shavuot: Revealing the Torah -- The Three Weeks: The Dark Time -- Rosh Ha-Shanah: Returning Anew -- Yom Kippur: Day of At-One-Ment -- Sukkot: Creating Shelter -- Shemini Atzeret/Simhat Torah: Reveling With the Torah -- Hanukkah: Increasing the Light -- Tu Bishvat: Tasting of the Tree -- Purim: Self-Mockery and Masquerade. Understanding the Jewish Calendar -- Halakhah of the Holidays -- Torah Reading Chart -- The Common Hebrew Blessings -- Glossary of Hebrew Terms -- Dates of the Holidays: 5746-5760 (1985-2000).
• Publisher Details: New York : Harper & Row
• Publication Date: 1985
• Copyright Date: 1985
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 296.4/3; Religion -- Judaism -- General; NON-CLASSIFIABLE; Fasts and feasts -- Judaism; Religion -- Holidays -- Jewish; Fasts and feasts -- Judaism; Feesten; Jodendom; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062116628; 0062116622
• Related ISBNs: 0060154063; 9780060154066; 0060912251; 9780060912253; 0062720082; 9780062720085
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.