Rites of Passage How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, and Commiserate

Scholars tend to call them "rites of passage." Most people prefer to speak of them as life-cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when there's something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or a wedding) to celebrate. These are key moments for individuals and for the fami...

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Language:English
Published: Purdue University Press 2010
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