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orion (Jewish) Holiday Studies - Vol. 9

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The Center for Jewish Holiday Studies at Beit Berl College is pleased to
announce the publication of Volume 9 1997) of its annual, Mehqere Hag -
Holiday Studies. Following is the Table of Contents for this volume:


Page
Holiday and Festival Studies
Aryeh Ben-Gurion, “New Year and the Day of Atonement as Holidays of the
Future”   -
     A Tribute to Mr. Aryeh
Ben-Gurion
8
Devora Ushpizai, “On the Nature of the New
Moon”                                                                 21

Studies in the Sources
Bilha and Yosef Roth-Rotem, “ The Exposition of the Scroll of Esther
According to
     Josephus
Flavius”
40
Shlomo Weissblueth, “The Importance of Reading the Scroll of Esther - A
Study of
     Maimonides’ ‘Laws of  (reading the)
Megillah’”
51
Yoel Rappel, “The ‘me’ein sheva’’ Blessing of the Sabbath Evening
Service -
     A Halakhic-Historical
Study”
58

Holiday Customs and Traditions
Aharon Arend, “Israel Independence Day Observances” An Interview with
Prof.
     Dov
Rappel
72
Yosef Dana, “A Roman
Holiday”
78
Nahum Tchernovitz and Mishael M. Kaspi, “The Exodus in the Traditions
of  the
     Jews of Al-Juf in
Yemen”
80

Holidays and Festivals in Modern Hebrew Literature
Yardena Hadas and Geula Gorny, “The Revelation at Mt. Sinai in
Children’s’ Literature”       88

Holocaust Traditions - A Memorial to the Victims
Hanan David Blechatovsky, “The Last Passover Seder in My Father’s House,
Poland, 1941”   100
Katharyn Tzohar-Goldstein, “A Yom Kippur Memoir from a Polish
Concentration Camp”     101

Book
Reviews
105


Notice to Contributors
     Scholars in Judaic Studies and related fields are invited to
contribute articles to Mehqere Hag - Holiday Studies. Articles may be
submitted in either Hebrew or English, but those written in Hebrew
should include an English-language summary of not more than 200 words.
     Articles should preferably typed in Word for Windows (PC) or other
PC-compatible word
processor. In addition to the typescript, please include a 144 MB (3.5”)
diskette containing the text.
     Please submit all articles to:

     Dr. Yosef Roth-Rotem, Chief Editor
     Mehqere Hag - Holiday Studies
     Center for Jewish Holiday Studies
     Beit Berl College
     44905 Beit Berl Post Office
     Israel


Subscriptions
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at the above address.
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included. Foreign subscriptions should include $2.00 per volume for
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     Volumes 1-9 are available at the same price for individual volumes.
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