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Book SynopsisDescribes the varied experiences of the Jewish Passover throughout the lands and the ages: the story, the many facets of its celebration in the Jewish home and community, the laws and the prayers, the seder plate and the songs, the art and the dances, the prayers and - of course - the games.
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Akiva: Life, Legend, LegacyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
A Note from the Publisher
Preface
Acknowledgments
BOOK ONE: PASSOVER IN HISTORY
- THE ORIGINS OF PASSOVER
- PASSOVER AND THE LAST SUPPER
- PASSOVER AND THE RITUAL MURDER LIBEL
- PASSOVER IN MANY LANDS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH
- THE BAKING OF MATZOT
BOOK TWO: PASSOVER IN LITERATURE, ART AND MUSIC
- PASSOVER IN THE BIBLE
- PASSOVER IN POST-BIBLICAL WRITINGS
- PASSOVER IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH
- PASSOVER IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH LITERATURE
- PASSOVER IN JEWISH LAW
- PASSOVER IN MODERN PROSE
- PASSOVER IN THE SHORT STORY
- PASSOVER IN POETRY
- MUSIC OF PASSOVER
- PASSOVER IN ART
BOOK THREE: PASSOVER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- STORIES FOR PASSOVER
- POEMS FOR PASSOVER
BOOK FOUR: PASSOVER REJOICING
- PASSOVER CURIOSITIES
- PASSOVER FOLKLORE
- PASSOVER PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
- DANCES FOR PASSOVER
- PASSOVER DISHES
BOOK FIVE: COMMEMORATION OF PASSOVER
- THE OBSERVANCE OF PASSOVER
Glossary of Passover Terms
Bibliography
Notes
