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Jewish Holidays

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Greenberg, Irving. The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays. Summit Books. 1993. ISBN: 0671873032.
By deciphering the Jewish holydays, one can come closer to discovering the inner core of the religion.

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Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1995. ISBN: 1590300823.
The author uses the concept of "architecture of holiness" in Judaism, a religion of time where the Sabbath becomes a "cathedral." The distinction is contrasted between the sacred and the secular. This is a classic work on the Sabbath and spirituality in Judaism.

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Isaac, Ronald H. and Kerry Olitsky. Sacred Celebrations: A Jewish Holiday Handbook. Ktav Publishing House. 1994. ISBN: 0881254843.
This book covers both the Jewish calendar and the major Jewish holidays, including history, connections to Torah, home celebration, blessings and family projects.

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Klagsbrun, Francine. Jewish Days: A Book of Jewish Life and Culture Around the Year. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1996. ISBN: 0374179239.
Organized by the Jewish month, this volume includes legends, stories, and interpretive essays for every special day. Enhancing the sections are interesting presentations of the holiday rituals and customs.

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Olitsky, Kerry and Rachel T. Sabath. Preparing Your Heart For The High Holy Days. Jewish Publication Society. 1996. ISBN: 0827605781.
Setting the proper mood the before and during the High Holy Day observances.

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Schauss, Hayyim. The Jewish Festivals: A Guide to their History and Observance. Schocken Books. 1996. ISBN: 0805209379.
A historical background on all the major Jewish holidays giving their origin, meaning, importance and their traditional forms of celebration and observance.

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Steingroot, Ira. Keeping Passover: Everything You Need to Know to Bring the Ancient Tradition to Life and to Create Your Own Passover Celebration. Harper San Francisco. 1995. ISBN: 0060675535.
Beginning with Passover's logistical questions and determining what kind of Seder to prepare, the author moves through food, song, text analysis and more.

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Waskow, Arthur I. Seasons of Our Joy: A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays. Beacon Press. 1991. ISBN: 0553013696.
The focus of this book is the Renewal Movement's approach to the holidays, which includes the theological basis of the holiday, related readings, rituals, and creative ideas and recipes for holiday foods.

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Wolfson, Ron. Hanukkah. Jewish Lights. 1996. ISBN: 1879045974.
This book explores the origins, rituals, and symbols of Hanukkah and provides recipes and family activities as well as advice about dealing with children and Christmas.

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Wolfson, Ron. The Shabbat Seder. Jewish Lights. 1995. ISBN: 1879045907.
The book contains a ten-step guide to the Shabbat dinner ritual. It includes craft projects, recipes, discussion ideas and suggestions to enrich the celebration of Shabbat.

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Zion, Noam and David Dishon. A Different Night: Family Participation Haggadah. Shalom Hartman Inst. 1997. ISBN: 0966474007.
A ready-to-use haggadah that includes a wide variety of activities to bring home the idea that we are to regard the retelling as if we, too have been freed from Egypt.

Building a Jewish Library

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Jewish Holidays