Death In Jewish Life
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Death In Jewish Life
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Author : Stefan C. Reif
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-08-27
Death In Jewish Life written by Stefan C. Reif and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-27 with Religion categories.
Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree that goes back to the earliest rabbinic period. In order to examine the accurate historical origins of many of them, an international conference was held at Tel Aviv University in 2010 and experts dealt with many aspects of the topic. This volume includes most of the papers given then, as well as a few added later. What emerges are a wealth of fresh material and perspectives, as well as the realization that the high Middle Ages saw a set of exceptional innovations, some of which later became central to traditional Judaism while others were gradually abandoned. Were these innovations influenced by Christian practice? Which prayers and poems reflect these innovations? What do the sources tell us about changing attitudes to death and life-after death? Are tombstones an important guide to historical developments? Answers to these questions are to be found in this unusual, illuminating and readable collection of essays that have been well documented, carefully edited and well indexed.
Death In Jewish Life
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Author : Stefan C. Reif
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Death In Jewish Life written by Stefan C. Reif and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Death categories.
"This volume examines in inter-disciplinary perspective the degree to which the medieval Ashkenazi were innovative in the area of communal activity surrounding burial and mourning customs. The topics cover liturgical poetry as well as statutory prayers; confessions, final testimonies and acts of charity; funeral and mourning rites; the influences of the surrounding non-Jewish; the effects of major acts of persecution."--
When A Jew Dies
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Author : Samuel C. Heilman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001
When A Jew Dies written by Samuel C. Heilman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Family & Relationships categories.
This account of the traditional customs that are practiced when a Jewish person dies provides an anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning, and explains the cultural meaning behind Jewish practices and traditions.
Matters Of Life And Death
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
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Matters Of Life And Death written by and has been published by Jewish Publication Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Medical categories.
This book discusses modern medical ethical dilemas from a specifically conservative Jewish point of view. The author includes issues such as artifical insemination, genetic engineering, cloning, surrogate motherhood, and birth control, as well as living wills, hospice care, euthanasia, organ donation, and autopsy.
After One Hundred And Twenty
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Author : Hillel Halkin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-29
After One Hundred And Twenty written by Hillel Halkin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-29 with Religion categories.
A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish tradition After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the Hebrew and Yiddish blessing to live to a ripe old age—Moses is said to have been 120 years old when he died—the book explores how the Bible's original reticence about an afterlife gave way to views about personal judgment and reward after death, the resurrection of the body, and even reincarnation. It examines Talmudic perspectives on grief, burial, and the afterlife, shows how Jewish approaches to death changed in the Middle Ages with thinkers like Maimonides and in the mystical writings of the Zohar, and delves into such things as the origins of the custom of reciting Kaddish for the deceased and beliefs about encountering the dead in visions and dreams. After One-Hundred-and-Twenty is also Hillel Halkin's eloquent and disarmingly candid reflection on his own mortality, the deaths of those he has known and loved, and the comfort he has and has not derived from Jewish tradition.
Love Work And Death
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Author : Ariel Toaff
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 1996-06-01
Love Work And Death written by Ariel Toaff and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-01 with History categories.
'Toaff is the acknowledged master of the social history of Umbrian Jewry.' - David Malkiel, Journal of Jewish Studies
Dignity Beyond Death
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Author : Rochel U. Berman
language : en
Publisher: Urim Publications
Release Date : 2005
Dignity Beyond Death written by Rochel U. Berman and has been published by Urim Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
A basic tenet of Judaism is the obligation to value and serve the deceased, to extend dignity beyond death. In Judaism, a death is the affair of the entire community. Preparation of the dead for burial is undertaken by a community organization called the
Dust To Dust
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Author : Allan Amanik
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2019-12-24
Dust To Dust written by Allan Amanik and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-24 with History categories.
A revealing look at how death and burial practices influence the living Dust to Dust offers a three-hundred-year history of Jewish life in New York, literally from the ground up. Taking Jewish cemeteries as its subject matter, it follows the ways that Jewish New Yorkers have planned for death and burial from their earliest arrival in New Amsterdam to the twentieth century. Allan Amanik charts a remarkable reciprocity among Jewish funerary provisions and the workings of family and communal life, tracing how financial and family concerns in death came to equal earlier priorities rooted in tradition and communal cohesion. At the same time, he shows how shifting emphases in death gave average Jewish families the ability to advocate for greater protections and entitlements such as widows’ benefits and funeral insurance. Amanik ultimately concludes that planning for life’s end helps to shape social systems in ways that often go unrecognized.
Jewish Rites Of Death
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Author : Richard A. Light
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2016-08-08
Jewish Rites Of Death written by Richard A. Light and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-08 with Religion categories.
Death is the ultimate transformative experience. For Jewish communities, the ways this is dealt with—shaped by millennia of custom and belief—do more than routinely follow a set of prescribed practices; they provide an opening to a series of traditions compelling in their profound beauty and power. In Jewish Rites of Death, Rick Light presents both a practical, informative guide to these practices and a compendium in which local volunteers who bring the blessings of these traditions to both the deceased and the bereaved write of the immeasurable enhancement their own lives have gained from them as well. As the personal stories of author and his contributors make clear, the prayers, the physical actions in preparing the dead for burial, and the intentions of the heart involved in Jewish death rituals open a unique window on the fine line a soul passes over between this world and the next. Those choosing to involve themselves with the crossing of this boundary tell in Jewish Rites of Death of feelings, thoughts, inspiration—and maybe even a little wisdom—that result from their shared experiences. Jewish tradition teaches that death is not taboo or hidden; it is simply part of the cycle of events that constitute a life. In its deepest sense, this book offers basic and eternal truths on what it really means to be human.
The Meanings Of Death In Rabbinic Judaism
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Author : David Kraemer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-01-04
The Meanings Of Death In Rabbinic Judaism written by David Kraemer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-04 with History categories.
There are many books devoted to explicating Jewish laws and customs relating to death and mourning and a wealth of studies addressing the significance of death practices around the world. However, never before has there been a study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism fills that gap. The author examines the earliest canonical texts - the Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Midrashim and the Talmud of the Land of Israel. He outlines the rituals described in these texts, from preparation for death to reburial of bones and the end of mourning. David Kraemer explores the relationships between the texts and interprets the rituals to uncover the beliefs which informed their foundation. He discusses the material evidence preserved in the largest Jewish burial complex in antiquity - the catacombs at Beth Shearim. Finally, the author offers an interpretation of the Rabbis' interpretations of death rituals - those recorded in the Babylonian Talmud. The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism provides a comprehensive and illuminating introduction to the formation, practice and significance of death rituals in Rabbinic Judaism.