Rites of Passage: How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, and Commiserate
(Book #21 in the Studies in Jewish Civilization Series)
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Scholars tend to call them ?rites of passage.? Most people prefer to speak of them as life-cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when there?s something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or a wedding) to celebrate. These are key moments for individuals and for the families and communities of which they are a part. This volume offers new insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible and as new as the twenty-first century in contexts...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1557535779
ISBN13:9781557535771
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Purdue University Press
Length:197 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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