A Treasury of Sephardic Laws and Customs: The Ritual Practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America

Herbert C. Dobrinsky

ISBN 10: 0881250317 / ISBN 13: 9780881250312

Published by Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc, 2001

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3rd Revised Edition. (2001.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 574 pages. Signed and Inscribed by author on front free end paper, "Presented with esteem and best wishes to George Yehuda Haroonian May Hashem bless you and your family with good health, long life and much success and satisfaction from all your noble endeavors to strengthen our people. Sincerely Herbert C. Dobrinsky Sept 18, 2008." The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Some sunning to the spine. Interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. "it's an invaluable tool for anyone with any interest in the subject. It's well organized, clearly written, and exhaustively researched. If you're looking for a veritable encyclopedia of sephardic knowledge, this is the place." Orange spine/Black text. #032870 Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Treasury of Sephardic Laws and Customs: The Ritual Practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America
• Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881250317
• ISBN 13: 9780881250312
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd and Revised Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed
• Book Type: Judaism Liturature

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Synopsis

North America's growing Sephardic Jewry includes four major separate and distinct communities: Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese, each with its own unique history and vibrant body of traditions. Although Sephardic Jewry on this continent is steadily increasing in numbers and importance, its practices and customs are still virtually unknown to most American Jews of Ashkenazic (European) background, including many of those who are charged with the responsibility for the religious education of both children and adults. This volume, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive compendium of the laws and customs of these four main communities of Sephardic Jewry in such areas as holiday observances, worship services, birth, Bar Mitzvah, marriage and divorce, death and mourning, dietary laws, family relations, and many other vital areas of personal, family, and communal life. Based upon extensive research, it serves as a fascinating opportunity to experience the full variety and scope of Jewish life as it evolved in diverse historical periods and cultural regions. Educators especially will find this volume to be a pedagogical took with a wide range of applications.