Celebrating the New Moon
A Rosh Chodesh Anthology
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1998
331 pages
978-1-4616-2773-9 (ISBN)
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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978-1-4616-2773-9 (9781461627739)
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I: Teachings of Rosh Chodesh
- 1: Examining Rosh Chodesh: An Analysis of the Holiday and Its Textual Sources
- 2: The History of Rosh Chodesh and Its Evolution as a Woman's Holiday
- 3: Rosh Chodesh: A Feminist Critique and Reconstruction
- 4: My Body, My Self and Rosh Chodesh
- 5: "Kiddush HaChodesh": Teachings of the B 'nai Yissasschar on Rosh Chodesh
- 6: Tkhines for Rosh Chodesh: Women's Prayers of Devotion
- 7: Nashot HaKotel: Women in Jerusalem Celebrate Rosh Chodesh
- 8: Rosh Chodesh Observances among Older Sefardic Women
- 9: Hallel: Praises of God
- 10: Starting and Growing a Rosh Chodesh Group
- 11: Rosh Chodesh for Children: Learning about and Experiencing the Jewish Lunar Calendar
- 12: New Moon-First Moon Celebration: Welcoming Daughters into the Circle of Women
- II: Approaches to Rosh Chodesh
- 13: Echad B'Yachad: Private Acts of Faith
- 14: Reflections on Observing Rosh Chodesh with my Women's Tefillah Group
- 15: Bat Kol: Jewish Women in Brazil Observe Rosh Chodesh
- III: The Cycle of the Month
- 16: The Dark Rays of the Moon: Yom Kippur Katan as Preparation for Rosh Chodesh
- 17: Anticipating the New Moon: Birkat HaChodesh
- 18: Kiddush HaLevana: Sanctifying the New Moon
- IV: Poetry, Prayers, Songs, and Meditations
- 19: The Origins of Rosh Chodesh: A Midrash
- 20: A Rosh Chodesh Bracha (Song)
- 21: New Moon of the Daughters: Rosh Chodesh Tevet
- 22: The Moon as Life's Cycle
- 23: The New Moon (Pinchas-Numbers 28:1, 11)
- 24: A Woman's Rosh Chodesh Amidah
- 25: Meditation and Kiddush for Rosh Chodesh
- 26: Pale Moon
- 27: Birkat HaChodesh (Song with Notation)
- 28: Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat
- 29: Rosh Chodesh Nisan
- 30: They did not Build Wings for Them
- 31: Rosh Chodesh Nisan
- 32: The Lunar Probe
- 33: Meditation for the New Moon
- 34: Rosh Chodesh
- 35: Hymn to the Moon
- 36: Red Moon Magic (Song with Notation)
- 37: Rosh Chodesh Moon (Song with Notation)
- 38: Hallel
- 39: A New Moon/Full Moon Meditation
- 40: The New Moon Time: A Love Song for the Shechinah
- 41: Grandmother Moon (Song with Notation)
- 42: HaChodesh Hazeh: Rosh Chodesh Song (Song with Notation)
- 43: Mooning
- 44: Kiddush Levono: Sanctification of the Moon
- Appendices
- A: A Visual Diagram of Rosh Chodesh Textual Sources
- B: A Rosh Chodesh Ceremony
- C: Focal Points for Each Month
- D: Specific Notes Regarding Rosh Chodesh
- E: Moon Musings
- F: Diagram of Conjunction: The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth at Rosh Chodesh
- G: The Days of the Hebrew Months
- H: Five-Year Calendar of Rosh Chodesh Observances
- I: Annotated Directory of Rosh Chodesh Groups
- J: Musical Notation
- Glossary
- Bibliography and Resources
- Notes on the Contributors
- Credits
- Index
- About the Editor
