Exploring Sephardic Customs and TraditionsMarc Angel Over the centuries, Jewish communities throughout the world adopted customs that enhanced and deepened their religious observances. These customs, or minhagim, became powerful elements in the religious consciousness of the Jewish people. It is important to recognize that minhagim are manifestations of a religious worldview, a philosophy of life. They are not merely quaint or picturesque practices, but expressions of a community's way of enhancing the religious experience. A valuable resource for Sephardim and Ashkenazim alike. |
Contents
The Shabbat Experience | 20 |
Sephardic and Ashkenazic | 36 |
The Life Cycle as Experienced in the Sephardic Traditions | 54 |
For More Information | 71 |
Common terms and phrases
Abarbanel aliyah American Sephardi Angel Ashkenazic Ashkenazim atonement Bar Mitzvah Ben Ish Hai Benei Yisrael berakhah berakhot Berit Milah blessing borei peri bread bride and groom candles ceremony circumcision congregation Elijah Eliyahu Elul Erev Shabbat father feel Festivals in Halachah Friday night grandfather halakhah halakhic hametz happy Hashem Havdalah High Holiday season honor of Shabbat Israel Jewish tradition Judeo-Spanish judgment Keter Shem Tov Kiddush Kinyan marriage meal Midrash mikvah minhagim mitzvot mourners mourning observe Orah Hayyim Passover person Pessah practice prayer Preparations for Shabbat Rabbah Rabbi Rabbi Hayyim Rabbi Marc Rabbi Yosef Rambam reading reflects religious repentance ritual Rosh HaShanah Sabbath Selihot Sephardic communities Sephardic customs Sephardic Jews Sephardic traditions Sephardim Sephardim recite Shab Shabbat Shavuoth Shivah Shulhan Arukh Spanish and Portuguese symbolic synagogue Syrian community Talmud tefillin Tishri Torah Treasury of Sephardic wedding wine Yom Kippur Yosef Karo Zakhor Zohar