The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology - 9780827613171

University of Nebraska Press

The Sukkot and Simhat Torah AnthologyAuthor(s): Philip Goodman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Jewish Publication Society, United States\nImprint: Jewish Publication Society\nISBN-13: 9780827613171, 978-0827613171\nSynopsis\nBack by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking theorigins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.\n\nThe Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology offers new insight intothe Festival of Ingathering, celebrating the harvest in the land of our ancestors, and the Festival of Rejoicing in the Law, marking the new cycle of public Torah readings, by elucidating the two festivals background, historical development, and spiritual truths for Jews and humankind. Mining the Bible, postbiblical literature, Talmud,midrashim, prayers with commentaries, and Hasi.