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A survey of the sacred days of the Jewish yearly cycle providing detailed guidance on observing the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays, including Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) and Yom Ha-Atzma-ut (Israeli Independence Day). Gates of the Seasons provides historical background, essays, extensive notes, a bibliography, glossary and an index.

Newly revised and updated edition of the CCAR classic Gates of the Seasons, this new volume presents a survey of the sacred days of the Jewish yearly cycle. Providing detailed guidance on observing Shabbat and the Jewish holidays, including historical background, essays, and extensive notes, Mishkan Moeid is perfect for Introduction to Judaism classes and conversion candidates, as well as personal study for those wishing to reconnect or deepen their relationship to Judaism.

This completely revised and updated classic resource serves as an introduction to the Jewish life cycle. The first part of the book uses a question and answer format to introduce ideas about moments in the Jewish life cycle, including birth, Jewish education, bar/bat mitzvah, the Jewish home, marriage, divorce, conversion, death, and mourning. Rabbis and scholars such as Rabbis Aaron Panken, z"l, Rachel Mikva, Amy Scheinerman, A. Brian Stoller, Lisa Grushcow, Mary Zamore, and Elyse Goldstein muse on topics such as mitzvah, infertility, the ketubah, b'rit milah, welcoming converts, tzedakah, Jewish voices on sexuality, and more. This is the essential resource you've been waiting for!