Authors: Hayyim Schauss, Hayim Shoys, Harold S. Kushner
ISBN-13: 9780805209372, ISBN-10: 0805209379
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: September 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Hayyim Schauss taught for more than twenty-five years at the Jewish Teachers Seminary in New York and at the College of Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. He was the author of many books and articles on the Jewish religion and its customs, ceremonies and folklore.
Long considered a classic for its rich portrait of the diversity and depth of Jewish observance, this account of the orgins and development of the Jewish holidays also provides a fascinating and useful guide to the rituals, customs, and ceremonies practiced by Jews throughout history in all parts of the world.