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Haphtara Cycles
Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg
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Description for Haphtara Cycles
Hardback. This important volume describes and analyzes each of the seventy-nine haphtaroth of the year, covering the Sabbath and the Festivals and Fast days for both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations, bibliography, references. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
This important volume describes and analyzes each of the seventy-nine haphtaroth of the year, covering the Sabbath and the Festivals and Fast days for both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. Every week in the synagogue, Jews listen to a different haphtara (a selection from the Prophets) related in some way to the Torah reading that precedes it. These haphtaroth contain biblical passages of exceptional historical and literary merit but are usually glossed over as of little interest, especially as they contain many obscure terms and references. It is generally held that the haphtaroth were instituted as a substitute for the Torah readings ... Read more
This important volume describes and analyzes each of the seventy-nine haphtaroth of the year, covering the Sabbath and the Festivals and Fast days for both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. Every week in the synagogue, Jews listen to a different haphtara (a selection from the Prophets) related in some way to the Torah reading that precedes it. These haphtaroth contain biblical passages of exceptional historical and literary merit but are usually glossed over as of little interest, especially as they contain many obscure terms and references. It is generally held that the haphtaroth were instituted as a substitute for the Torah readings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765761453
SKU
V9780765761453
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About Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg
Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg is an architect specializing in synagogue work and archaeology, and has worked on several major digs in Israel, including Lachish, Shilo, and Ekron. He has yeshiva training and learned for some years in chavrutha with the late Rabbi Shmuel Sperber, and he also has a master's degree from the Institute of Archaeology in London. He has filled ... Read more
Reviews for Haphtara Cycles
By providing us with his always insightful and often original reflections on the hapharoth, Stephen Rosenberg has enriched the scope of Jewish thought, reminding us that the prophets, speaking to their time, speak to ours no less. Their dilemmas are ours. Their ideals have lost none of their passion and power in the intervening centuries. It takes a fine teacher ... Read more