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The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology by Philip Goodman

The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology

Paperback – Illustrated, July 1, 2018

Philip Goodman

The Jewish Publication Society · Paperback · July 1, 2018

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age.

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Who it’s for
Explore two festivals through their histories, texts, prayers, arts, and celebrations.
Themes
Sukkot and Simhat Torah, Jewish festival history, Harvest and Torah readings
Genres
Jewish Holidays, Jewish Rituals & Practice, Jewish History

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About this book

Back 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 the origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.

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The 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 Hasidic tales, the compendium also showcases humor, art, food, song, dance, essays, stories, and poems—including works by Chaim Weizmann, Elie Wiesel, Herman Wouk, S. Y. Agnon, Sholom Aleichem, H. N. Bialik, and Solomon Schechter—truly a rich harvest for the “Season of Our Rejoicing.”

Sukkot and Simhat Torah

Explore two festivals through their histories, texts, prayers, arts, and celebrations.

Come here for

  • Background and historical development of both festivals
  • Essays, stories, poems, humor, art, food, song, and dance

Expect

  • Sources include the Bible, Talmud, midrashim, and Hasidic tales
  • Prayers appear with commentaries

Where it sits

Jewish Holidays95%
Jewish Rituals & Practice61%
Jewish History34%

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Publisher categories

  • Jewish Holidays
  • Jewish Rituals & Practice
Authors
Philip Goodman
Publisher
The Jewish Publication Society
Published
July 1, 2018
Format
Paperback
Theme
Sukkot and Simhat Torah · Jewish festival history · Harvest and Torah readings
Reading lane
Jewish Holidays