Days of awe : being a treasury of traditions, legends and learned commentaries concerning Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and the days between, culled from three hundred volumes, ancient and new

Days of awe : being a treasury of traditions, legends and learned commentaries concerning Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and the days between, culled from three hundred volumes, ancient and new /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970 (Author)
Other Authors: Galpert, Maurice T. (Translator), Sloan, Jacob (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: New York: Schocken Books, [1948]
Subjects:
Fasts and feasts > Judaism.
Judaism > Customs and practices.
Jewish legends.
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
Fêtes religieuses > Judaïsme.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies juifs.
Légendes juives.
Judaïsme > Coutumes et pratiques.
Table of Contents:
  • Book One : Rosh Ha-Shanah : The Motive of Rosh ha-Shanah
  • Elul: a month of preparation
  • The Sabbath before Rosh ha-Shanah
  • Selihot : penitential prayers
  • The Eve of Rosh ha-Shanah : "Remember in Covenant"
  • The Evening and its service
  • The Morning and its service
  • The Blast of the ram's-horn
  • The Additional prayer : kingships, remembrances, ram's- horns
  • The Afternoon : the casting
  • The Second Day of Rosh ha-Shanah.
  • Book Two : The Days Between Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur : Seek ye the Lord
  • The Laws and customs of the ten days of Teshuvah
  • The Fast of Gedaliah
  • The Sabbath of return
  • The Thirteen qualities
  • The Eve of Yom Kippur
  • The Afternoon prayer for the eve of Yom Kippur
  • Final preparations for Yom Kippur.
  • Book Three : Yom Kippur : The Significance of the day
  • Restrictions
  • Before Kol Nidre
  • Kol Nidre and the night of Yom Kippur
  • The Gates of compassion
  • The Morning service and the memorial prayer
  • The Additional prayer : the service of the high preist
  • The Afternoon prayer
  • Neilah : the closing of the gates
  • 'Hear O Israel' and the final blast
  • The Close of Yom Kippur.

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