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This volume contains the set liturgy that is used in Jewish wedding ceremonies throughout the world, printed in both Hebrew and English. It also describes the associated customs, such as the exchange of rings, the circling of the bride, the sharing of wine, the reading of the wedding contract and the breaking of a glass. There is description of the variations in wedding custom practised by the different Jewish communities around the world. An introduction explains the history, the theology and meaning of the wedding ceremony, and there are explanations through the text of the symbolism in the customs and the standard and variant liturgy. The text is illustrated with illuminated manuscripts and wedding contracts ("ketubbot") from the British Library.
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Rabbi Dr Michael Shire, editor of The Illuminated Haggadah and L'Chaim and author of The Jewish Prophet (all Frances Lincoln), is Vice-Principal of the Leo Baeck College and Centre for Jewish Education in London. He studied Hebrew Literature and Jewish History at University College in London, and has received a doctorate in Jewish Education from Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles. He lectures at the University of London and Leo Baeck College, and is the author of many scholarly publications. He lives in North London
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Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: New. Nazvanie: Mazal Tov!: The Ritual and Customs of a Jewish Weddingnbsp;nbsp;Avtor: Rabbi Dr Michael Shirenbsp;nbsp;Izdatelstvo: Frances Lincoln v soavtorstve s British Librarynbsp;nbsp;God izdaniya: 2002nbsp;nbsp;ISBNNr.10: 0711220131nbsp;nbsp;ISBNNr.13: 9780711220133nbsp;nbsp;Format: tverdyj pereplet, illyustrirovannoe izdanie, razmer okolo 26Nr.cmnbsp;nbsp;Yazyk: anglijskij i ivrit dvuyazychnyj tekstnbsp;nbsp;Kolichestvo stranits: okolo 76 stranitsnbsp;nbsp;Strana izdaniya: Velikobritaniyanbsp;nbsp;Pereplet: tverdyj hardcoverThis volume contains the set liturgy that is used in Jewish wedding ceremonies throughout the world, printed in both Hebrew and English. It also describes the associated customs, such as the exchange of rings, the circling of the bride, the sharing of wine, the reading of the wedding contract and the breaking of a glass. There is description of the variations in wedding custom practised by the different Jewish communities around the world. An introduction explains the history, the theology and meaning of the wedding ceremony, and there are explanations through the text of the symbolism in the customs and the standard and variant liturgyPerevod na russkij yazyk: Etot tom soderzhit polnyj tekst traditsionnoj svadebnoj liturgii, ispolzuemoj na evrejskikh svadbakh po vsemu miru, napechatannyj na ivrite i na anglijskom yazyke. Takzhe opisany svyazannye obryady: obmen koltsami, krug nevesty vokrug zhenikha, sovmestnoe pite vina, chtenie svadebnogo kontrakta ketuby i razbivanie bokala. Privedeny variatsii svadebnykh obychaev razlichnykh evrejskikh obshchin po vsemu miru. Vvedenie obyasnyaet istoriyu, teologiyu i smysl svadebnoj tseremonii, a poyasneniya po khodu teksta raskryvayut simvoliku obryadov, a takzhe standartnuyu i alternativnuyu liturgiyu. Seller Inventory # 410322