t’naim, 217, 222
Torah:
Bar Mitzvah boy’s reading of, 80, 81
cantillation of, 79–80, 273
daily study of, 159–60, 174
days for reading from, 265
kissing of, 78–79, 267
lifting of, 80
moving of, 294
Pesach reading of, 438
reader of, 79–80, 81
Revelation of, 26, 311, 458, 459–60, 464
Rosh Hashanah reading of, 325–26
Shabbat reading of, 76–77, 79–81, 159, 265
Shavuot reading of, 464
Shemini Atzeret reading of, 367
Simchat Torah reading of, 367–368, 369–72
Tisha B’Av reading of, 475
weekly divisions of, 76–77
wrapping of, 80
Yom Kippur reading of, 340
trup, 273
tsholent, 44–45, 351
recipes for, 488–89
Tu B’Shvat, 305, 306, 450–51
Tzafun, 432, 435
tzedakah, 280
before Pesach, 420–21
on Purim, 388, 390, 391
before Shabbat, 49–50
on Shemini Atzeret, 367
tzimmes, 486
tzitzit, 189–93
Exodus and, 401
Tzom Gedaliah, 305, 330, 470
ufruf, 221, 268
U’rechatz, 432
utensils:
kashering of, 102–4
for Pesach, 407–8
tevilah and, 104–5
uvdin d’chol, 31
vegetarianism in messianic era, 96
Viddui, 222, 288, 333
Vilna Gaon, 195
visits:
during shiva, 295–96
to sick people, 288
vows:
Jewish view of, 199
release of, 319–20
water, Hoshanah Rabbah prayer for, 364
weddings, 215–32
Birkat Hamazon for, 231
bride’s dvar Torah at, 224
canopy for, 220, 226–27
confession on day of, 222
dancing at, 230–31
dates permissible for, 217–18, 439, 440
fasting before, 222
festive meal for, 218–19, 222, 230–31
glass shattered at, 229
groom’s dvar Torah at, 223
invitations to, 219
nine-word formula for, 227
processional, 225–26
sharing costs of, 217
shloshim and, 297
witnesses for, 227
Yom Kippur Viddui and, 222
wills, “Hebrew” ethical, 183–84
wine:
kashrut and, 109–10, 116
during Nine Days, 472
for seder table, 426–27, 429–30
for Shabbat, 34, 43
see also kiddush
witnesses:
for divorce, 284–85
for marriage contract, 223
for wedding ceremony, 227
for yichud, 229
women:
at Brit Milah, 243, 244
hair covered by, 59, 186–88
hakafot for, 370
Kaddish recitation by, 297
kiddush recited by, 70
liturgy and, 162–63
lulav and, 348–49
minyan of, 277–78
as onlooker vs. participant, 369–70
pants worn by, 186
Pesach and, 418–19
separate seating of, 77, 369
sexual pleasure and, 259
special mitzvot of, 111, 121
in sukkah, 361–62
tzitzit and, 192–93
Yachatz, 432, 433
yahrzeit, 297–98
Yamim Noraim, 317
Ya Ribon Olam, 74–75
Yehi Ratzon (prayer), 59–60, 128, 324
yeshivas, selection of, 175–78
yichud, 229–30
Yizkor (prayer), 367, 438, 464–65
Yom Ha’Atzmaut, 218, 304, 307, 308, 440, 444, 449–56
Yom Hadin, Rosh Hashanah as, 325
Yom Hashoah, 304, 307, 308, 443–48
Yom Hazikaron, 304, 307, 308, 453
Yom Kippur, 303, 305, 306, 309, 317, 332–41
Avodah service of, 340
candlelighting before, 336–37
carrying on, 316
closing service of, 341
clothing worn on, 335, 337
confession on, 338–39
fasting on, 277, 337
gold not worn on, 335
Haftorah reading on, 340–41
leather on, 188
Maariv of, 338–39
mikvah use before, 333
Mincha of, 340–41
mood of, 333, 339
Mussaf of, 340
Ne’ilah service of, 341
prefast meal before, 335–36
prohibitions on, 337
sexual relations on, 338
Shabbat before, 331
as Shabbat Shabbaton, 338
synagogue decor on, 338
Torah reading of, 340
Yom Kippur Viddui:
on wedding day, 222
on Yom Kippur, 333
Yom Tefillin, 274
Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur as, 325
Yom Yerushalayim, 218, 304, 307, 308, 440
Zecher Le’churban, 430
zemirot:
for Shabbat, 28, 35, 74, 87
for Sukkot, 358
zeroah, 428–29, 430
Zohar, 120, 462
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Blu Greenberg is an author and lecturer whose previous book was On Women and Judaism. She lives in Riverdale, New York, with her husband and five children.
* In writing of the Sabbath, I have used interchangeably its two Hebrew pronunciations: Shabbat or Shabbos. I chose one or the other depending on what I believe to be its most common pronunciation in that particular context.
* At times the word rabbi is spelled with a capital R. This signifies a special group of rabbis, those of the Talmudic period whose decisions served as the basis for rabbinic activity throughout history, including modern times.
* Courtesy Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz of Far Rockaway, New York.
† Courtesy Rabbi Yitz Greenberg.
* In the sixteenth century, Jewish mystics, known as the Kabbalists, went up to settle in the Holy Land in the city of Safed. It was they who created the Kabbalat Shabbat service, including in it the Lecha Dodi prayer which was written by one of their own.
* Zemirot are best learned at another’s table. Barring that, zemirot records, which can only be played before and not during Shabbat, are available in book and record shops. In addition to records, there are several books of zemirot, including ones with transliteration and musical scores. See Bibliography, p. 506.
* Rashi, an acronym for Rabbi Isaac ben Shlomo, was a scholar and exegete of eleventh-century France. His commentary on the Bible, known simply as Rashi, was culled largely from rabbinic texts. Rashi is the most important and widely used commentary on the Torah.
* Kosher can refer not only to food but to what conforms to halachic (legal) requirements.
* God’s acts of loving-kindness never cease.
* Courtesy, Rabbi Joshua Shmidman, Montreal, Canada.
* Hebrew for mother.
* After the destruction of the Temple, the celebration ceased to exist, but the Rabbis recorded it in the most glowing terms, claiming, “He who hasn’t seen the rejoicing of the water-drawing ceremony has not truly seen joy in his lifetime.” In recent years, a few congregations have tried to revive some sort of commemorative celebration, but no formal ceremony has been institutionalized—as yet.
* Credit goes to Irving Greenberg for this original insight on the dialectical meaning of matzah.
* This is permitted on the grounds that it prevents a more serious problem of chametz she’avar ala
v ha’Pesach … leavened products that were in a Jew’s possession during Pesach may not be eaten after Pesach. Since this one is sure and that one is doubtful, that is, the bread in one’s freezer we definitely know was renounced (sold to a non-Jew), while the bread in the supermarket might have been owned by a Jewish storekeeper during the eight days, some say it is better to sell one’s own bread and buy it back eight days later than to buy a “questionable” loaf from the grocery after the holidays.
* Many shuls do kashering through hagalah a few days before Pesach. Ask the synagogue sexton which hours.
* Zachor, Holocaust Resource Center, has sponsored an extensive Holocaust liturgy project.
*These recipes were all contributed by my mother, Sylvia Genauer. She calls them her “plain, basic” holiday recipes. I call them “kosher gourmet.”
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