The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch

Author:Alfred J. Kolatch [Kolatch, Alfred J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: religion, Judaism
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

INDEX

A.D. (Anno Domini), 291 Aaron, 151, 182 Abba, Rabbi, 151 Abraham, 3, 15, 16,36, 148, 156, 193,228 Amoraim (sing. amora), 5 Abrahams, Israel, 122 Academies of learning, 4 Adam and Eve, 54, 181 Adar, 10, 12, 269ff. Adar II, 9, 10 Adloyada, 278-79 Adonai, 295 Adoshem, 295 Afikomon, 204-205 Africa, 7 Afternoon prayer service. See Mincha. Arba kanfot. See Tzitziot. Agricultural holidays, 213, 246, 247 Agrippa, King, 185 Ahab, King, 206 Ahasueros, King, 269, 270, 273 Akiba, Rabbi, 4, 26, 32,88, 153, 162,208, Asara B’Tevet, 12, 28.8 283 Al Chet, 243 Alexander the Great, 260 Alexandria, Egypt, 140 Alfasi, Isaac ben Jacob, 229 Al Hanisim, 265, 273 Aliya (p1. aliyot), 22-24, 30, 31, 39, 128, 131, 136, 150 Kohayn, 135 Levite, 135 number granted, 133, 135 during Shiva, 70 women granted, 138 Alkabetz, Solomon, 171 Altar, Temple, 124, 172, 174, 255 “Amen,”152-53 Amida. See Silent Devotion. Amoraitic period, 5 Amos, 63 Angel of Death, 65 Angels, 3, 65, 193, 232 Antiochus, 137, 259-60 Antiquities (book), 113 Apocrypha, 261, 268 Apples on Rosh Hashana, 235 Aramaic, 40, 48, 70-71, 147 Arava (p1. aravot), 246ff. Arba minim. See Four species. Arbor Day. See Tu B’Shevat. An. See Isaac Luria. Ark, 125-27 Aseret Yemei Teshuva. See Ten Days of Repentance. Ashamnu, 243 Asher, Rabbi Jacob ben, 152 Ashi, 5 Ashkenazic practice, 15, 22-23, 29, 141, 254 matza, 196 tefilin, 109-111 weddings, 44 Asia, 7 Assyrians, 4 Atara, 103, 105 Atifat Yi.shmaelim, 103 Index 307

308 • THE JEWISH BOOK OF WHY Aufruf, 31-32 Autopsy, 52 Av, 10-11 Nine Days of, 286-87 Aytz chayyim. 127, 129-30 B.C. (Before Christ), B.C.E. (Before the Blech, 166 Common Era), 291 Baal brit. See Sandek. Baal Haturim (Rabbi Jacob ben Asher), 152 Baal koray, 130, 133, 138 Baal tefik2, 101, 146 Babylonia, Babylonians, 4, 9, 28, 47, 71, Bokser (carob), 289 118, 124, 133, 143 Babylonian academies, 5 Babylonian Talmud, 5 Badekn die kalla, 36 Barchu, 154 Bar Kochba, 32, 20k, 286 Barley, 187-88 Bar Mftzvah, 7, 23-25, 128, 134, 138 Baruch haShem, 295 Bas Mitzva. See Bat Mitzva. Bat Mitzva, 7, 23-24, 134, 138, 141 Baytza, 199, 201 Beans on Passover, 188 Beards, 122 Bedikat chametz, 189 Beets on Rosh Hashana, 237 Bells, Tora, 130 Ben Meir, Yehuda, 165, 184 Ben Zachar, 14 Beracha l’vatak2, 236 Betar, 286 Bet Din, 229 Bethlehem, 74 Bet Knesset. See Synagogue. Bet Midrash, 125 Betrothal. See Engagement. B’ezrat haShem, 295 Bialik, Chaim Nachman, 176 Bible, 2, 4, 11, 113, 151 commentaries on, 6 laws of, 3 Bima, 125, 133, 141 Birkat Kohanim. See Priestly Benediction. Birkat Levana, 281 Bitter herbs. See Maror. Blintzes, 220 Blood in fish, 94 of human dead, 52 in meat, 88, 93-94 Boaz, 35, 217 Book of Death, 232 Book of Esther. See Esther, Book of. Book of Life, 232, 238 Booth. See Sukka. Bowing, 153 Breast-beating, 159 Breastplates, 128-29 Bride, 28, 31, 34, 36, 38. See also Marriage. veil, 36 Brit. See Circumcision. Broiling meat, 92-93 Burial, 50, 54 without coffin, 54 of holy objects, 83 in

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