How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household

Never has such a complete and accurate guide to running a traditional Jewish household been so accessible and sympathetic to the uninitiated. Blu Greenberg at once guides nontraditional Jews who are looking to become more observant and allows traditional Jews to fine-tune the details of their own observant home lives.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

xxi

Part I THE JEWISH WAY

23

(190)

Shabbat

25

(70)

Kashrut

95

(25)

Taharat Hamishpachah: The Laws of Family Purity

120

(17)

Daily Prayer and Blessings

137

(29)

Parenting and Education

166

(19)

Dress

185

(13)

Speech

198

(10)

Mezuzah: Symbol of a Jewish Household

208

(5)

Part II SPECIAL STAGES OF LIFE

213

(86)

Marriage

215

(18)

Birth

233

(22)

Abortion and Birth Control

255

(9)

Bar Mitzvah--Bat Mitzvah

264

(19)

Divorce

283

(4)

Death and Mourning

287

(12)

Part III CELEBRATION AND REMEMBERING

299

(180)

Jewish Rhythm

301

(8)

Elul, the Month of Repentance

309

(8)

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

317

(25)

Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah

342

(32)

Chanukah

374

(13)

Purim

387

(11)

Pesach (Passover)

398

(45)

Yom HaShoah--Holocaust Remembrance Day

443

(6)

Yom Ha'Atzmaut--Israel Independence Day

449

(8)

Shavuot

457

(11)

Tisha B'Av and Other Fasts

468

(11)

Afterword

479

(2)

Recipes

481

(16)

Glossary

497

(6)

Selected Bibliography for a Home Library

503

(8)

Index

511

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How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household

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