This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...the years 1,000 and 2,000. One of the most elaborate articles in the EnCyclopedia is devoted to the peculiar aspect of the Jewish calendar, the device by which it fixes the rising and setting of the Sun (Eisenstein, xi. 591-597). As this determines the beginning and the ending of the day and, therefore, the hours at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...the years 1,000 and 2,000. One of the most elaborate articles in the EnCyclopedia is devoted to the peculiar aspect of the Jewish calendar, the device by which it fixes the rising and setting of the Sun (Eisenstein, xi. 591-597). As this determines the beginning and the ending of the day and, therefore, the hours at which the frequent fasts conclude, it was found necessary to give special tables showing the exact moment when the day finishes for all the latitudes in which Jews mostly congregate, and a chart presenting the same information in graphic form. A general treatment is given of Festivals (Hirsch), Fasting and Fast-Days. The question at issue between Orthodox and Reform Judaism as to the Second Day of Festivals (Willner) is impartially discussed in the Encyclopedia. Among the most sacred days is the Sabbath (Hirsch and Greenstone, x. 587-602), the article on which deals at length with the restrictions as to work. The special Sabbaths of the year are treated in Shabbat Ha-Gadol (Eisenstein), Shabbat Nahamu, and Shabbat Shubah (Willner). Next to the Sabbath in sacredness is the Day of Atonement (Margolis, ii. 284-289). Then comes Passover (Hirsch, ix. 548-556), with the home service of the Seder (Dembitz). The New Year (McLaughlin and Eisenstein, ix. 254-258) has become as it were an adjunct to the Day of Atonement, and the intervening Penitential Days (Dembitz) make the first ten days of the month of Tishri the "awful days" of Judaism. Pentecost (Eisenstein and Magnes) and Tabernacles (Friedmann) complete the great days of the year, though Purim (Malter) and Hanukkah (Kohler) retain full vitality. In connection with the former feast a very curious collection of special Purims (Franco and Malter) is enumerated. Minor sacred days are the subj...
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