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A treasury of Sephardic laws and customs : the ritual practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America
- Title
- A treasury of Sephardic laws and customs : the ritual practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America / Herbert C. Dobrinsky = אוצר דינים ומנהגים של יהודי ספרד / מאת צבי קלמן (הרברט) דוברינסקי.
- A treasury of Sephardic laws and customs : the ritual practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America / Herbert C. Dobrinsky = [Otsar dinim u-minhagim shel Yehude Sefarad / me-et Tsevi Ḳalman (Herberṭ) Dobrinsḳi].
- Author
- Dobrinsky, Herbert C.
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : Ktav ; New York, N.Y. : Yeshiva University Press, 1986.
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- Description
- xxii, 520 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- אוצר דינים ומנהגים של יהודי ספרד
- Otsar dinim u-minhagim shel Yehude Sefarad
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Hochschulschrift
- Note
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ed. D.--Yeshiva University) under the title: Selected laws and customs of Sephardic Jewry.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 475-498.
- Contents
- Part I: Special family occasions -- 1. Early childhood -- Birth, Zebed Habat (naming a girl), Berit Milah (circumcision), Pidyon Haben (redemption of the first-born son), adoption -- 2. Bar Mizvah -- 3. Engagement and marriage -- 4. Divorce and Halizah -- 5. Death, burial, mourning, and memorial observances -- Part II: Daily reminders of the heritage -- 6. Symbols of the covenant -- Tefillin, Mezuzah, Zizit and Tallit -- 7. Dietary laws -- Requirements of Shehita; laws of salting, kashering meat, and Nikkur (porging); meat and milk; kashering of utensils -- 8. Family life -- Honor to parents and elders, husband-wife relationships, family purity, modesty (Zeniut), education of children -- 9. Communal life and Israel -- Communal life, attitude towards conversion, attitude towards apostates, views on Israel -- Part III: Worship in public and private -- 10. Synagogue practices, prayers and blessings -- The synagogue, writing a Sefer Torah and Torah honors, distinctions in daily worship services, Torah blessings, Nesiyat Kapayim (the priestly benediction), Shema Yisrael prayer, special prayers and blessings, various blessings, Hanukat Habayit (dedication of a new home), Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals), procedures in prayer -- Part IV: Sabbath, festivals, and special days -- 11. Shabbat (Sabbath) -- 12. Pesah, Lag LaOmer (Passover and the thirty-third day of the Omer) -- 13. Yom Haazmaut, Shabuot (Israel Independence Day and the Festival of Pentecost) -- 14. Tisha BeAb (the fast of the ninth of Ab and the minor fast-days) -- 15. Rosh Hodesh (the new moon) -- 16. Rosh Hashanah (the new year festival) -- 17. Yom Kippur (the day of atonement) -- 18. Sukkot, Shemini Hag Haazeret, Simhat Torah (The festival of tabernacles, the eighth day of solemn assembly and the rejoicing of the law) -- 19. Hanukkah (festival of lights) -- 20. Tu BiShebat and Shabbat Shira (Arbor day and the "Sabbath of song") -- 21. Purim -- Appendix A: Divorce proceedings -- Halizah proceedings -- The order of the washing of the dead according to the Syrian, Moroccan, and Judeo-Spanish traditions -- Appendix B: Shivviti -- Tefillin illustrations -- Torah script.
- ISBN
- 0881250317
- 9780881250312
- 9780881250329
- 0881250325
- 0881250322 (canceled/invalid)
- 0881250325 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 86005539
- OCLC
- ocm13359078
- 13359078
- SCSB-1169090
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library