Ceremony & Celebration: Introduction to the Holidays

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Ceremony & Celebration: Introduction to the Holidays

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Co-published with Maggid Books

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When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest’s atonement with the prophet’s repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful book in the Bible? Why is the remembrance of the Pesach story so central to Jewish morality? And which does Shavuot really celebrate – the law or the land?

Bringing together Rabbi Sacks’s acclaimed introductions to the Koren Sacks Mahzorim, Ceremony & Celebration reveals the stunning interplay of biblical laws, rabbinic edicts, liturgical themes, communal rituals and profound religious meaning of each of the five central Jewish holidays.

About the Author 

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is one of the most original thinkers and articulate writers in the Jewish world today. Educated at Cambridge University and Jews College London, he served as Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth from 1991-2013. Rabbi Sacks is the author of many books of Jewish thought.

Rabbi Sacks’ website