Minhagim

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Picturing Yiddish

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Author : Diane Wolfthal
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004

Picturing Yiddish written by Diane Wolfthal and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Travel categories.

This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books from sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs, and four printed volumes - two books of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables.

Minhagim

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Author : Joseph Isaac Lifshitz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-12-16

Minhagim written by Joseph Isaac Lifshitz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Religion categories.

Parallel to the Halakhic laws, the minhagim (customs) are dependent on local practices and the regional schools of sages and rabbis. The minhagim played a decisive role in the history of the Jewish communities and in the formation of traditions of religious rulings. They gave stability, continuity, and authority to the local institutions. The impact of Jewish custom on daily life cannot be overestimated. Evolving spontaneously as an ascending process, it presents undercurrents that emanate from the folk, gradually bringing about changes that eventually become part of the legislative code. It further reflects influences of social, cultural, and mythological tendencies and local historical elements of every-day life of the period. The aim of this volume is to examine the concept of minhag in the broadest sense of the word. Focusing on the relationship between various types of customs and their impact on every aspect of Jewish life, the volume studies the historical, anthropological, religious, and cultural development and function of rites and rituals in establishing the Jewish self-definition and the identity of the local communities that adhered to them. The volume’s articles cover the subject of custom from three perspectives: an analysis of the theoretical and legal definition of custom, an analysis of the social and historical aspects of custom, and an anecdotal study of several particular customs. Customs are a wonderful historical prism by which to examine fluctuations and changes in Jewish life.

Holiness And Law

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Author : Benjamin Brown
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-06-04

Holiness And Law written by Benjamin Brown and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-04 with Religion categories.

Hasidic groups have myriad customs. While ordinary Jewish law (halakhah) denotes the “bar of holiness” mandated for the ordinary Jew, these customs represent the higher threshold expected of Hasidim, intended to justify their title as hasidim (“pious”). How did the hasidic masters perceive the enactment of these new norms at a time in which the halakhah had already been solidified? How did they explain the normative power of these customs over communities and individuals, and how did they justify customs that diverged from the positive halakhah? This book analyzes the answers given by nineteenth-century hasidic authors. It then examines a test case: kedushah (“holiness”), or sexual abstinence among married men, a particularly restrictive norm enacted by several twentieth-century hasidic groups. Through the use of theoretical tools and historical contextualization, the book elucidates the normative circles of hasidic life, their religious and social sources and their interrelations.

The Minhagim

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Author : Abraham Chill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

The Minhagim written by Abraham Chill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Religion categories.

Sect Creed And Custom In Judaism

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Author : Jacob Salmon Raisin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1907

Sect Creed And Custom In Judaism written by Jacob Salmon Raisin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1907 with Jewish law categories.

Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

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Author : Chava Turniansky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

written by Chava Turniansky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Early printed books categories.

Dictionary Catalog Of The Klau Library Cincinnati

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Author : Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964

Dictionary Catalog Of The Klau Library Cincinnati written by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Hebrew literature categories.

Kashrut Caste And Kabbalah

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Author : Nathan Katz
language : en
Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Release Date : 2005

Kashrut Caste And Kabbalah written by Nathan Katz and has been published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

For The Cochin Jews, Indianness And Jewishness Are Not Neatly Demarcated Categpries, But Together Form A Seamless Universe Of Meanings, Customs, Aesthetics And Rituals. Their Indian-Jewish Identity Is Expressed As A Whole. The Book Shows Precisely How This Identity Came To Be Established Through Historical Legends, And How It Is Ritually Enacted On A Regular Basis.

Judaism

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Judaism written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Electronic journals categories.

The Last Jews Of Cochin

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Author : Nathan Katz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

The Last Jews Of Cochin written by Nathan Katz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.

For two thousand years, a small colony of Jews in Cochin, South India, enjoyed security and prosperity, fully accepted by their Hindu, Muslim, and Christian neighbors. In this most exotic corner of the Diaspora, Jews flourished in the spice trade, agriculture, the professions, government, and military service. India's tolerant, nurturing atmosphere produced a Jewish prime minister to a Hindu maharaja; an autonomous Jewish principality; Hebrew and Malayalam-language poets; powerful, well-educated women; and Qabbalists revered by Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike. Cochin's Jews were so well-integrated into Hindu society that they evolved an identity which was both fully Indian and fully Jewish. This book analyzes the strategies by which this dual identity was established. The Cochin Jews have narrated a historical legend which emphasizes their longstanding residence in India, the site of Jewish autonomy under Hindu patronage, and their attestable origin in ancient Israel, the center of the Jewish universe. Although the Cochin Jews remained faithful to Jewish law and custom, Hindu symbols of nobility and purity were adopted into their religious observances, resulting in some of the most exotic religious practices in the Jewish world. The Jews of Cochin mirrored Hindu social structure and became a caste, well-positioned in India's hierarchy. Yet in emulating caste behavior, Jews came to discriminate against one another, in a breach of Jewish law, giving rise to a controversy which lasted five hundred years. Despite millennia of security, when their two beloved homelands, India and Israel, attained independence in the late 1940s, virtually all of the Jews living in Cochin opted for the more precarious life in Israel. This book concludes with an exploration of their reasons for leaving India and an appraisal of their adaptation to Israeli life.