The shtiebelization of modern Jewry : studies in custom and ritual in the Judaic tradition : social-anthropological perspectives /
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Academic Studies Press,
2011
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| Series: | Judaism and Jewish life.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction : Theory and Method of Minhag
- SECTION 1
- 1. Voodoo or Judaism?
- The Ritual of Kapparot
- 2. Count Your Blessings: Jewish Mourning Rituals During the Spring Season (Sefirat ha-omer)
- 3. Does Judaism Give Women Time Off for Good Behavior?
- 4. Jewish Beards: The Symbolic Representation of the Rabbinic Beard
- 5. Custom is on a Par with a Vow: Custom as Manifested in the Mishnah Berurah
- 6. Social Reality or the Written Word: Minhag as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan
- SECTION 2
- 7. Contemporary Bar Mitzvah Rituals in Modern Orthodoxy
- 8. A Female Rite of Passage in a Montreal Modern Orthodox Synagogue
- 9. Jewish Mourning Rites: A Process of Resocialization
- 10. Back to the Yeshiva: The Social Dynamics of an Orthodox Sabbath Morning Service
- Bibliography
- Index
