Jewish religious observance by the Jews of Kaifeng China
By: Rabbi Dr. Chaim Simons
Series: Sino-Judaica series -- volume 5
Publisher: Sino-Judaic Institute
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Seattle, Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781304179821
Subjects: Jews; Religious life and customs; History; Juifs; Vie religieuse; Histoire
Description: "There are numerous elements in the life of the Jews of Kaifeng that would bear research. This book deals with just one aspect - namely their Jewish religious observance. ... This research will show that there is a source in the Rabbinical literature for almost all of the activities which the Jews of Kaifeng considered to be Jewish practice."--Cover page 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

In English, with Hebrew and Yiddish words translated into English.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary information.; title: Transliterations ;; title: Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish words ;; title: Abbreviations appearing in footnotes ;; title: Guide to books and manuscripts appearing in footnotes --; title: Introduction.; title: What this book includes ;; title: What this book does not include ;; title: A very brief synopsis of the history of the Jews of Kaifeng ;; title: A very brief historical synopsis of the sources for Jewish law ;; title: Sources of information on Mitzvah observance by the Kaifeng Jews --; title: Mitzvah observance in Kaifeng.; title: Tzitzit ;; title: Tefilin ;; title: Mezuzah ;; title: Tefillah ;; title: Reading the Torah ;; title: The synagogue ;; title: Berachot ;; title: Shabbat ;; title: Rosh Chodesh ;; title: The Jewish Calendar ;; title: Rosh Hashanah ;; title: Yom Kippur ;; title: Sukkot ;; title: Chanukah ;; title: Purim ;; title: Pesach ;; title: Shavuot ;; title: Tisha b'Av and other fasts ;; title: Kashrut ;; title: Shaatnez ;; title: From cradle to grave ;; title: Between man and his fellow.