What you will see inside a synagogue
By: Lawrence A. Hoffman and Ron Wolfson ; with photographs by Bill Aron ; [foreword by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso]
Contributors: Wolfson, Ron
Series: What you will see inside; What you will see inside--
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Pub.; Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781594732560
Subjects: Judaism; Juvenile literature; Liturgy; Customs and practices; Fasts and feasts; Synagogues
Description: Names and explains the various objects found in a synagogue, how they are used in the service and other events, the rabbi and lay people who use them, and the meaning behind them.
Table of contents: title: Shalom! = Welcome!; title: Who are the Jewish people?; title: Gathering for Shabbat; title: Preparing for prayer; title: The holiest place in the synagogue; title: How Jews pray; title: Reading the Torah; title: Enjoying Shabbat; title: Prayer and learning go together; title: Fixing the world; title: Bar and bat mitzvah; title: and weddings, too; title: Celebrating holidays; title: The High Holy Days; title: Showing our thanks; title: How we remember; title: L'hitra'ot = Come again.