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Feast of freedom : Passover art & tradition /
Includes bibliographical references (page 10).
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Passover in art.; Jewish art and symbolism; Haggadot;
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New works, old story : 80 artists at the Passover table : the Dorothy Saxe Invitational / by Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, Calif.)(CARDINAL)295651;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Passover in art; Passover; Judaism;
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Ceremonial art in the Judaic tradition / by Kanof, Abram,1903-1999.(CARDINAL)190272; North Carolina Museum of Art.(CARDINAL)150432;
Includes bibliographical references (page 14).Lenders to the Exhibition -- Sponsors of the Exhibition -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Author's Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Catalogue: The Synagogue and Appurtenances -- The Jewish Home -- The Life Cycle: Circumcision and Redemption -- Bar and Bas Mitzvah -- Marriage -- Death and Mourning -- Holidays and Festivals: Sabbath -- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (The High Holy Days) -- Sukkot -- Hanukah -- Passover.
Subjects: Catalogs.; Exhibition catalogs.; Judaism;
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The four questions / by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon,author.(CARDINAL)510533; Sherman, Ori,illustrator.(CARDINAL)766035;
Why is this night different from all other nights? Every year when families gather for the Passover holiday, the youngest child poses that question as part of the poetic Four Questions near the start of the Seder. The answers are no less than the story of people bound in slavery, their suffering in a foreign land, and their ultimate liberation - the story of Passover. Here the Four Questions are presented in breathtaking luminous paintings by Ori Sherman. Whimsical animals parade through a unique format that can be read straight through in English or turned upside down to focus on the delicate Hebrew calligraphy and ingenious split-frame pictures. Each side of the Seder table can see its own variation of the richly colored scenes as elephants eat matzoh, monkeys dip herbs into water, and lions recline in newfound freedom. Author Lynne Sharon Schwartz answers the questions with refreshing clarity, providing insight into the symbols and rituals of the holiday. Experience a glorious art book, a beautiful gift for the kids who find the afikomen, and a wonderful way to experience Passover and its unique celebration of freedom. --Inside jacket.
Subjects: Mah nishtannah; Judaism; Passover; Seder;
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Aphrodite and the rabbis : how the Jews adapted Roman culture to create Judaism as we know it / by Visotzky, Burton L.,author.(CARDINAL)763763;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Greek, Roman, Hellenist. Jew -- Like a fish out of water? : stories of Judaism in historical context -- Judaisms of the Oikoumene : who were the Jews in the Roman world? -- Esau, Edom, Rome : what did the rabbis really say about the Romans? -- Rabbis learn the three Rs : reading, writing, and Roman rhetoric -- How many languages does a Jew need to know? -- Love of wisdom and love of law : in pursuit of philosophy and justice -- History where it happened -- The handwriting on the wall (and the floor and ceiling) : Roman Jewish art -- From temple cult to Roman culture."Hard to believe but true: - The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet - The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers - Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas - Hellenistic rhetoric professors educated sons of well-to-do Jews- Zeus-Helios is depicted in synagogue mosaics across ancient Israel - The Jewish courts were named after the Roman political institution, the Sanhedrin - In Israel there were synagogues where the prayers were recited in Greek. Historians have long debated the (re)birth of Judaism in the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple cult by the Romans in 70 CE. What replaced that sacrificial cult was at once something new-indebted to the very culture of the Roman overlords-even as it also sought topreserve what little it could of the old Israelite religion. The Greco-Roman culture in which rabbinic Judaism grew in the first five centuries of the Common Era nurtured the development of Judaism as we still know and celebrate it today. Arguing that its transformation from a Jerusalem-centered cult to a world religion was made possible by the Roman Empire, Rabbi Burton Visotzky presents Judaism as a distinctly Roman religion. Full of fascinating detail from the daily life and culture of Jewish communities across the Hellenistic world, Aphrodite and the Rabbis will appeal to anyone interested in the development of Judaism, religion, history, art and architecture. "--
Subjects: Judaism; Judaism; Judaism; Jews; Jews; Civilization, Classical; Rabbinical literature;
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Jewish antiques : from menorahs to seltzer bottles / by Kaplan, Tsadik,author.(CARDINAL)356965;
For anyone who has ever been interested in Judaism and Judaica, this book will hold great fascination. Ranging from the 18th to the early 20th century, the objects in this book take readers on an informative tour through Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, as well as through the holidays and the Sabbath.Sabbath & the home -- Passover -- Chanukah -- Purim -- Succot -- Birth & marriage -- The Synagogue -- The Bezalel School -- Jewelry -- Israeliana -- Exonumia -- Americana -- World War I -- Athletics -- World War II.
Subjects: Judaism; Jewish decoration and ornament.; Jewish art.;
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Our Jewish heritage / by Gaer, Joseph,1897-1969.(CARDINAL)124337; Wolf, Alfred,1915-2004.(CARDINAL)217699;
Includes bibliography.Part I: on being a Jew -- Who is a Jew? -- Judaism as a religion -- Judaism and Jewish history -- Judaism as a way of life -- Book sof the Jewish heritage -- Movements in modern Judaism -- The orthodox movement -- The conservative movement -- The reform movement -- Reconstructionism -- Revival of Judaism in America -- The Jewish attitude toward Israel -- Part II: The daily prayer -- How prayer grew -- A new institution is born -- A portable homeland -- When do we pray? -- What do we pray for? -- How we pray -- Part III: Jewish holidays -- everybody loves a holiday -- Three kinds of holidays -- The Sabbath -- How old is the Sabbath? -- The Sabbath is a bride -- The different Sabbaths -- The Sabbath in Scripture -- In the story of Creation -- In the Ten Commandments -- Other references -- The new moon (Rosh Hodesh) -- The Jewish calendar -- The new moon in Scripture -- Other references -- The New Year (Rosh Hashana) -- The Book of Life -- The Day of Judgment -- the day of the trumpet blast -- A timeless holiday -- Sweet as honey, clean as water -- The new year in Scripture -- Days of penitence -- Prelude and interlude -- Repentance means return -- An unusual ceremony -- The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) -- A prayer and a melody -- Confession, memory, and hope -- The atonement day in Scripture -- The rejoicing of the Law (Simhat Torah) in Scripture -- The Festival of Lights (Hanukkah) -- The celebration of a miracle -- In Scripture -- The New Yar of the Trees (Hamishah Asar Bish'vat) -- The Feast of Esther (Purim) -- Purim in Scripture -- Festival of freedom (Passover) -- The great emancipation -- The symbolic Passover meal -- The unseen guest -- Seven days without leaven -- Passover in Scripture -- Scholars' day (Lag B'omer) -- The Pentecost (Shavuot) -- The Pentecost in Scripture -- Fasts and feasts -- "Mourning turned into joy" -- Independence day -- A new festival -- Part IV: all in a lifetime -- Circumcision (B'rit Milah) -- Abraham's convenant with God -- A religious custom -- The crown of a good name -- Redemption of the first-born (Pidyon Haben) -- Bar Mitzvah -- Confirmation -- Marriage (kiddushin) -- One wife or many? -- Civil and religious marriage -- The marriage service -- The have and to hold -- In sickness and in health -- Death and burial customs -- "Praised be the righteous Judge" -- Mourning customs -- Memorial service -- Dietary laws -- Ritual objects in Judaism -- Ark (Aron Hakodesh) -- Candelabra (menorah) -- Canopy (huppah) -- Cup -- Etrog -- Eternal light (net tamid) -- Head covering (Yarmulka, kippah) -- Lulav -- Mezuzah -- Mizrah -- Passover plate -- Phylacteries (T'filin) -- Prayer shawl (tallith) -- Ram's horn (Shofar) -- Scroll of Esther (Megillah) -- Scroll of the law (Sefer Torah) -- Star of David (Magen David).Part VI: Precepts, proverbs, and folk beliefs -- Precepts -- Proverbs -- Faith and prayer -- Truth and falsehood -- Justice and peace -- Wisdom and folly -- Virtue and sin -- Poverty and riches -- Knowledge and ignorance -- Women -- Marriage and divroce -- Parents and children -- The community -- War and peace -- Work and the worker -- Health and cleanliness -- Food and medicine -- Death and the life hereafter -- Folk beliefs -- Sources of the precepts, proverbs, and folk beliefs -- Part VII: The Jewish bookshelf -- The Bible -- The prayerbook -- The literature of the Talmud -- Books on Jewish life and letters -- The Bible -- Biblical lore -- The Talmud -- Philosophy -- Literature -- Liturgy -- Religion and religious movements -- Jewish history -- Contributions to civilization -- Israel -- Jews in the United States -- Holidays and ceremonials -- Mysticism -- The arts -- Humor -- General -- Part VIII: Selections from the daily prayers -- The morning service (Shaharit) -- Eloha'i N'shamah -- Viy'hi ratson -- Ribon -- Bar'hu -- Shm'a -- T'filiah -- Short form of amidah -- From tahanun -- From Torah service -- Adoration -- Kaddish -- The evening service (Ma'ariv) -- Bar'hu -- Hashivenu -- From the night prayer -- From grace after meals -- Part IX: Holiday prayers -- Key to prayerbooks -- The Sabbath service -- Sanctification of the Sabbath -- Kiddush -- The havdalah service -- In remembrance of the ancient temple service -- A Sabbath prayer -- Prayer for the government of the United States -- Service for the new moon -- Announcement of the new moon -- Meditation -- From the additional service for the new moon -- Service for the new year -- Penitential prayers -- From the atonement day service -- From the prayers for the festival of booths -- From the processional hymns for simhat Torah -- From the candle-lighting service for Hanukkah -- Hanukkah prayer added to the daily service -- The book of Esther -- Fast into feast -- Purim prayer added to the daily service -- From the home service for the eve of Passover -- From the synagogue service for Passover -- From the service for the feast of weeks.
Subjects: Judaism.;
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Why cleaning has meaning : bringing wellbeing into your home / by Thomas, Linda(Professional cleaner)(CARDINAL)407775;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232)."Few of us enjoy cleaning: more often than not, it feels like a thankless, repetitive task that we must force ourselves to do. Linda Thomas is an expert, professional cleaner who operated her own ecological cleaning company for more than twenty years. In this unique book, she explores her passion for cleaning, and argues that cleaning can have a profound effect--not just on the spaces we care for, but also on our own wellbeing and personal development. This lively and readable book is full of anecdotes, practical examples, and ecological cleaning tips from the author's decades of cleaning experience. Ultimately, she states that, if we elevate our understanding of cleaning, we might even begin to enjoy it!" -- Publisher description.
Subjects: House cleaning.; House cleaning;
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Kings of the Grail : tracing the historic journey of the cup of Christ from Jerusalem to modern-day Spain / by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita.(CARDINAL)703044; Ortega del Río, José Miguel.(CARDINAL)595565;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index."The explosive new book that reveals the true location of the Holy Grail--hidden in plain sight for centuries Recently discovered parchments in the Egyptian University of Al-Azhar have finally made it possible to identify the location where the Holy Grail has been kept for the last 1,000 years. This groundbreaking find led Margarita Torres Sevilla and Jose Miguel Ortega del Río on a three-year investigation as they traced the Grail's journey across the globe, with detective-like skill, and discovered its final resting place in the Basilica of San Isidoro in Leon, Spain. Finally, the dramatic story of the search for and discovery of the Holy Grail is told. Employing meticulous new historical and scientific research, the authors present the definitive history of the cup of Christ, cracking the mystery about one of the world's most sought-after treasures, the Holy Grail--the origin and object of both Arthurian myth and Christian legend and one of the most enduring stories of Christian literature and art. Compelling and thought-provoking, Kings of the Grail is a journey back through time that follows this ancient symbol back to its origins and forward to its place in our modern world"--
Subjects: Grail;
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Good and Evil : The Ultimate Comick Book Action Bible (Revised Edition) / by Pearl, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)644937; Bulanadi, Danni.(local)tlcaut1496198905863600;
The beginning -- Abraham -- Moses -- Exodus -- The kingdom -- Elijah -- Prophecies of Christ -- The New Testament -- Early ministry -- Miracles and parables -- Passover and suffering -- Resurrection and early church -- To all the world.The critically acclaimed Good and Evil (Independent Publishers 2009 Bronze Medal Winner in the Graphic Novel/Drama category and 2009 Forward Book Award Finalist) truly is at the top of the illustrated Bible offerings; the ultimate superhero" graphic novel is making a huge impact worldwide and is now available in 45 languages. The Ultimate Superhero Graphic Novel!! In the beginning... Before the first man was created, before the earth, the sun, the stars, even before light and time were created, there was God. He alone existed without beginning, but he was not alone. He communed with himself in harmonious love. But god wanted to share his life. He wanted friends and neighbors. The Bible tells us God created numerous kinds of angelic beings to offer praise around his throne. But this is not their story. This is the story of God working with mankind.Our popular illustrated "Picture Bible," The Revised Edition Good and Evil: The Ultimate Comic Book Action Bible, has been beautifully colorized by professional artists! This amazing book takes you through the Bible chronologically, retelling key events in an easy-to-grasp illustrated comic book format. Each story page has verse references at the bottom so you can look in the Bible where those events are recorded or doctrinal topics addressed. Standard comic book dimensions, with 330 pages of fantastic color art created by award winning artist Danny Bulanadi. Note: Due to the graphic nature of some of the material, this may not be suitable for all ages without proper parental guidance.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Bible stories; Good and evil; Religion.;
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