1001 Questions and Answers on Pesach

by Cohen, Jeffrey M

• ISBN13: 9780853038085
• ISBN10: 0853038082
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-22
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell

Summary

[from Chief Rabbi Professor Jonathan Sacks] Rabbi Cohen writes within a great tradition, bringing together Torah and chokmah, Jewish wisdom and the broad panoply of human knowledge, and finding in their interplay a never-ending source of deepened understanding. He is both sage and man of faith, a lucid teacher and a source of inspiration, and no one will read this work without discovering that the festival they thought they knew so well has a depth and history that are enthralling. --- [from The Jewish Week] .encyclopedic in breadth, features queries that lead the reader through preparation for the holiday, its historical background, symbolism of the seder ritual, commentary on the Haggadah, special festival services in synagogue, and Pesach customs from around the world. As Rabbi Cohen, the author of several books who leads the largest Orthodox congregation in Great Britain believes , "Questions are of the very essence of the spirit of this festival.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Cohen was a lecturer in liturgy and Bible commentary at Jews' College, London.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Historical Background	p. 1
Rabbinic Expositions on the Slavery, the Plagues, and the Exodus	p. 24
The Lead-in to Pesach: The Special Sabbaths	p. 36
Cleaning, "Kashering," and Preparing the Kitchen	p. 41
The Prohibition of Chametz	p. 48
Searching for and Annulling the Chametz	p. 57
Selling of the Chametz	p. 61
Fast of the Firstborn	p. 65
Preparing the Seder for Adults and Children	p. 68
Symbolism of the Seder Ritual	p. 71
When Erev Pesach Falls on a Shabbat	p. 77
Shabbat and Yom Tov Prohibitions: Cooking from One Day to the Next - Eiruv Tavshilin	p. 81
History of the Published Haggadah	p. 85
Commentary on the Seder and the Haggadah	p. 93
The Omer and the Sefirah	p. 175
The Festival Services	p. 189
Festival of Songs: The Shirah and Shir Ha-Shirim	p. 233
Bereavement at Pesach Time - A Selection of Regulations	p. 266
The Second-Day Diaspora Yom Tov	p. 271
Jewish Life in Egypt down the Ages	p. 274
Pesach Customs from around the World	p. 283
Seder Quiz Questions and Activities for the Younger Generations	p. 320
References	p. 339
Index	p. 347
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