ROLES OF THE RABBI, CANTOR, MOHEL AND SHOHET IN JEWISH COMMUNAL LIFE
(See illustrated offer online at http://www.danwymanbooks.com/kehilat.html) Friends- We are pleased to offer you another outstanding publication from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary here in New York: KEHILLAT HA-KODESH: CREATING THE SACRED COMMUNITY. Please see details below. We also encourage you to also search our online inventory of over 8000 titles in Jewish & Holocaust Studies via our new search page at http://www.danwymanbooks.com/search/search.html. You'll also find interesting and unusual titles in related and overlapping fields in our recent catalogs, browsable online at http://www.danwymanbooks.com/catalogs.php Several of you pointed out that when using Internet Explorer our site was not working properly. That problem has now been fixed, and we encourage you to browse and search recent catalogs. Please let us know if you encounter problems viewing any part of the site. To order, please email us with your requests to d...@danwymanbooks.com. ----------- Mintz, Sharon Liberman and Elka Deitsch KEHILLAT HA-KODESH: CREATING THE SACRED COMMUNITY : THE ROLES OF THE RABBI, CANTOR, MOHEL AND SHOHET IN JEWISH COMMUNAL LIFE : AN EXHIBITION, DECEMBER 18, 1996-APRIL 17, 1997 New York City: The Library, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1997 Softcover, 8vo, 70 pages, 22 cm. Includes 58 color and black/white images. Kehillat ha-Kodesh was an exhibition which examined the offices of rabbi, shochet (ritual slaughterer), mohel (circumciser) and cantor. These professionals were appointed by the community to enable Jews to fulfill the basic ritual requirements of everyday life. They served both as leaders and teachers: not only did they perform rituals on behalf of the community, but they trained and certified the next generation of leaders as well, ensuring continuity of Jewish life. The exhibition brought together visually outstanding works that illustrated these dual roles and engaged viewers in an exploration of the material culture created by these professions and preserved by the library. Kehillat ha-Kodesh consisted of magnificently decorated documents, historically significant manuscripts and rare printed books showcasing these professionals as pillars of Jewish communal life. Many of these objects had never before been exhibited; the exhibition allowed a glimpse into a rarely seen segment of the library's outstanding collection of illustrated broadsides. Highlights of this exhibition include lavishly decorated broadsides created in honor of the circumcision ceremony and documents associated with eminent leaders of the Jewish community, such as, a semikhah (rabbinical ordination) issued by Hayyim Yosef David Azulai and a magnificent shechitah and bedikah certificate given to Samuel ben Isaac Luzzato by the Jewish community of Venice, 1768. In addition, a richly detailed portrait of the diversity of Jewish life is clear through such fascinating documents as an extremely rare shehitah kabbalah granted to a woman to practice ritual slaughter in Mantua, 1581 and an unusual milah book written in Barbados in 1765. SUBJECT(S): Rabbis -- Office -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Cantors (Judaism) -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Berit milah -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Shehitah -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Library -- Exhibitions. New Condition $27.00 To order, please email us with your requests to d...@danwymanbooks.com. Thank you! --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
