Connecting the Dates: Exploring the Meaning of Jewish Time
By Steven Ettinger.
Description
What is the relationship of the Jewish Holidays to their Fast Days? How do Jewish ritual practices circumcision, tefillin, prayer express the underlying link between the individual s personal life cycle and the life cycle of the Nation? Steven Ettinger presents the major events in the lives of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, and connects them to the core of the Jewish life cycle. He builds upon this foundation and shows how the Forefathers of the Jewish people were also the cornerstones upon which the Jewish holidays are built. Using Rabbinic lore, Midrash, and Hassidic Commentaries, the aut...
ISBN(s)
1932687211, 9781932687217
