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Judaism: Torah, Talmud and Tradition

The Jewish Festivals

From Their Beginnings to Our Own Day

by Hayyim Schauss

A history of the Sabbath and Jewish festivals, tracing how each developed from biblical times through the Middle Ages to modern Eastern European Jewry. Schauss describes customs, foods and folklore as well as origins. A classic popular study.

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