The Jewish Life Cycle: Rites of Passage from Biblical to Modern TimesUniversity of Washington Press, 1 de mar. de 2012 - 376 páginas In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betrothal, and marriage; and aging, dying, and remembering. Customs in Jewish tradition, such as the presence of godparents at a circumcision, the use of a four-poled canopy at a wedding, and the placing of small stones on tombstones, are discussed. In each chapter, detailed descriptions walk the reader through such ceremonies as early modern and contemporary circumcision, weddings, and funerals. |
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... boy or a girl still takes place today. In Ashkenazic communities, a shalom zakhar (welcoming/wishing well the boy) takes place the first Friday evening after the boy is born. A celebration for a 38 Birth, “Bris,” Schooling.
... Ashkenazic celebration, friends gather after Friday night Sabbath dinner at the home of the new parents, and someone offers a devar torah(Torah lesson) that links the weekly Torah reading to the arrival of the new child. To be sure ...
... Ashkenazic mohel may discreetly plant the foreskin in a flowerpot. Unlike the birth ceremony, which is intimate and mainly female, the brit is male-centered, with a few exceptions.75 It is communal as well as familial, and it is not ...
... and Christian worlds. In the case of European Jews, it was customary in the eleventh century in Germany to name a child after a living grandfather, but this yielded to the custom, still prevalent among Ashkenazic 60 Birth, “Bris,” ...
... Ashkenazic Jews, to name a child only after a relative who is deceased. Spanish Jews still name newborns after living relatives.86 Some American Jews name their sons after themselves, such as Samuel Goldwyn Jr. An early example of the ...
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2 Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Confirmation | 82 |
3 Engagement Betrothal Marriage | 124 |
4 Aging Dying Remembering | 193 |
Conclusions | 249 |
Glossary | 255 |
Notes | 261 |
Bibliography | 301 |
Index | 347 |
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