Description
Book SynopsisBack by popular demand, the classic
JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age.
The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology offers new insight into the Festival of Ingathering and the Festival of Rejoicing in the Law by elucidating the two festivals' background, historical development, and spiritual truths for Jews and humankind.
Trade Review“Throughout my long career as a rabbi, the JPS holiday anthologies have been an essential resource. All the core background is in one place. If I need a holiday story, the anthologies contain a wide range of choices. And sections on celebrations worldwide provide new approaches to festivals.”—Rabbi Steven Bob, author of
Jonah and the Meaning of Our Lives “This reissue is good news! I read this rich, varied, and classic series with pleasure and collected the volumes avidly when they first appeared.”—Rabbi Reuven Hammer, author of
Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
A Note from the Publisher
Preface
Acknowledgments
- SUKKOT IN THE BIBLE
- SUKKOT IN POSTBIBLICAL WRITINGS
- SUKKOT IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH
- SUKKOT IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH LITERATURE
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN JEWISH LAW
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH LITURGY
- HASIDIC TALES AND TEACHINGS
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN MODERN PROSE
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN ART
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FESTIVAL
- THE SUKKAH
- THE FOUR SPECIES
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN MANY LANDS
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN POETRY
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH IN THE SHORT STORY
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH MISCELLANY
- SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH HUMOR
- THE FESTIVAL DELICACIES
- CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH
- POEMS FOR CHILDREN
- PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
- DANCES FOR SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH
- MUSIC FOR SUKKOT AND SIMHAT TORAH
Notes
Glossary of Sukkot and Simhat Torah Terms
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