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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... ring, the text of the wedding contract, or ketubbah, and the groom's breaking a glass at the end of the wedding in memory of the destruction of Jerusalem; reciting mourner's Kaddish, saying Yizkor memorial prayers four times 7 Introduction.
... prayers four times a year, and lighting candles and marking in other ways the anniversary of the death of one's parents annually in the rite called Yahrzeit. Each of these and many other life cycle practices are now common and ...
... prayer book. In addition, early texts are invoked as an authoritative basis for emulation and elaboration. Often as not, custom rules and learned men end up rationalizing the existing practices by searching for a peg in Scripture or ...
... prayer books. Consider the fourteen ages of man in Mishnah Avot 5:23: He used to say: At five years of age the study of Scripture; At ten, the study of Mishnah; At thirteen, subject to the commandments; At fifteen, the study of Talmud ...
... from Egypt as its collective birthing event.28 Similarly, all Jews of tradition mark each day, week, and year with synagogue or home rituals of some kind that contain required prayers, gestures, religious customs, 19 Introduction.
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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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