The Shavuot anthology /edited by Philip Goodman.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press; (c)2018. Jewish Publication Society of America, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 369 pages) : illustrations, music.
- The JPS holiday anthologies. .
"A JPS classic"--front cover. "Music for Shavuot, compiled and edited by Paul Kavon": pages 323.-337. "First Nebraska paperback printing: 2018."-- title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
I. Shavuot in the Bible -- The feast of the harvest -- Giving of our Torah -- Scroll of Ruth -- 2. Shavuot in postbiblical writings -- Moses receives the tablets of the law / Moses delivers the Decalogue / Why the Torah was given in the desert / Why the laws are addressed to every individual / Patriarchs celebrate Shavuot / Tobit's feast turned into mourning / Pentecost in wartime / Maccabean warriors observe the feast of weeks / 3. Shavuot in Talmud and Midrash -- Mountain chosen for the revelation -- When the Torah was given -- Nations refuse the Torah -- Public presentation of the Torah -- Moses ascends on high to receive the law -- Lord speaks to the people -- Children become the sureties -- Israel accepts the Torah -- Moses breaks the tablets of the law -- Ten commandments -- 613 commandments -- Transmission of the oral law -- Oral law -- Bringing of the firstfruits -- Celebration of Shavuot -- 4. Shavuot in medieval Jewish literature -- Belief in divine providence / Strength comes through belief / Moses experiences the revelation / Torah is given in public / Two tablets of the law / Decalogue established the world / Bride and the bridegroom / One day only for the feast of weeks / Anniversary of the revelation / 5. Laws and customs of Shavuot -- Period of Shavuot -- Night of Shavuot -- Scriptural readings -- Floral decorations -- 6. Liturgy of Shavuot -- I am, thou didst proclaim / Loud rang the voice / Before the words of God are read / Introduction to Azharot / Precepts he gave his folk / Thine own sweet words / Myriad angels' song / Marriage certificate for Shavuot / 7. Shavuot in modern prose -- Revelation eternal / Idea of revelation / Oral tradition / The covenant at Mount Sinai / "Out of the midst of the fire" / The source of Jewish power / Why I choose to be a Jew / Book of Jubilees -- Flavius Josephus -- Philo of Alexandria -- Philo of Alexandria -- Book of Jubilees -- Tobit -- Flavius Josephus -- II Maccabees -- Judah Halevi -- Moses Maimonides -- Moses Maimonides -- Joseph Albo -- Joseph Albo -- Zohar -- Zohar -- Zohar -- Moses Maimonides -- Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun -- Eleazar Kalir -- Meir ben Isaac Nehorai -- David ben Elezar Bekuda -- Elijah ben Manahem ha-Zaken -- Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun -- Jacob ben Meir -- Israel Najara -- A. Alan Steinbach -- Abraham Joshua Heschel -- Samson Raphael Hirsch -- David Polish -- Ahad Ha-Am -- Ludwig Lewisohn -- Arthur A. Cohen Supreme influence of the Ten Commandments / Heaven and Earth / Spring and the feast of weeks / "The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof" / Thoughts on the feast of weeks / The equal status of Ruth / The counting of the Omer / The date of Shavuot / 8. Shavuot in art / 9. Shavuot in many lands -- The bringing of the firstfruits during the second commonwealth / The voice of Simeon bar Yohai / Karo and Alkabetz hold a Tikkun Shavuot in Salonika / Shavuot as celebrated by the Jews of Kurdistan / Shavuot at the tomb of the prophet Nahum / Among the Jews of Algeria / The Torah's marriage in Gibraltar / The Jewish child's initiation into school / Shavuot in Eastern Europe / Pentecost in Svilovitz / Shavuot in Vamia, Hungary / When lilacs bllomed in Bohemia / Letters from a desert in North Africa / The Torah is accepted again in Buchenwald / Shavuot in the Soviet Union / Shavuot services in Newport, R. I., May 28, 1773 / The first confirmation in New York / Shavuot on a farm in Connecticut / The festival in Haifa / Bikkurim in kibbutz matzuba / Tikkun lel Shavuot at Yifat / At the western wall / 10. Shavuot in poetry -- Sinai / The law / The giving of the law / The ever-living Moses / The vision of Moses / The ten commandments / Where is that mountain? / Sinai / Dead men don't praise God / Song of adorning / 11. Shavuot in the short story -- Epilogue to the book of Ruth / Tikkun lel Shavuot / Another page to the Song of Songs / "We will do and we will obey" / The address to the sixty / Shavuot among brothers and friends / 12. A Shavuot sheaf -- Nomenclature -- The privileged day -- The bride Sabbath -- Numerology -- King David's yahrzeit -- The origin of yizkor -- The confirmation ceremony -- The bene-Israel and Shavuot -- Dialogo dos montes -- Gathering pomegranates and apples -- The martyrdom of a righteous proselyte -- Mob revenge -- 13. Shavuot wit and humor Aron barth -- Chaim Pearl -- Mendele Mocher Sefarim -- Morris Joseph -- Uri Zvi Greenberg -- Grace Aguilar -- Philip Birnbaum -- Louis Finkelstein -- Joseph Gutmann -- Solomon Zeitlin -- Zev Vilnay -- Solomon Levi Alkabetz -- Erich Brauer -- Joseph Israel Benjamin II -- Nahum Slouschz -- Cecil Roth -- Hayyim Schauss -- Hayyim Schauss -- Shmarya Levin -- Benjamin Schreiber -- Vojtech Rakous -- Moshe Mosenson -- S. B. Unsdorfer -- Joshua Rothenberg -- Ezra Stiles -- Hyman B. Grinstein -- ISsrael Kasovich -- Gershon Ahituv -- Gershon Ahituv -- Meir Eyali -- Yaacov Luria -- Judah Halevi -- Abraham ibn Ezra -- Nina Davis Salaman -- A. Alan Steinbach -- Israel M. Lask -- Ruth F. Brin -- Charles Reznikoff -- Nelly Sachs -- Jacob Glatstein -- Abraham Shlonsky -- Hayyim Nahman Bialik -- David Frischman -- Sholom Aleichem -- Sholom Asch -- Martin Buber -- Shmuel Yosef Agnon -- 14. Culinary art of Shavuot -- Recipes for Shavuot / Blintzes -- Cheese and spinach pastry -- Noodle and cheese pudding -- Cheese strudel -- Cheesecake -- Pineapple cheesecake -- Burekas -- Cottage cheese mold -- Rogelach -- Babka -- Mount Sinai cake -- 15. Children's stories for Shavuot -- Shavuot / How K'tonton wished a wish on Shavuot night / A new commandment / Not a chirp was heard / At Sinai / Who will be my surety? / Play for Shavuot / Mountains of Blintzes / King Agrippa and the firstsfruits / Shavuot in modern Israel / The ten commandments of Helm -- 16. Children's poems for Shavuot -- Lifting of the Torah / First Shavuot / Pledge of Israel / But God chose Sinai / Heroes of the law / The ten commandments / Feast of weeks / Midnight wish / For Shavuot / My garden's firstfruits / Radish and the cucumber / A Shavuot offering in exile / 17. Programs and projects -- Bikkurim festival -- Firstfruits festivity -- Decoration of home and synagogue -- Tikkun lel Shavuot -- Initiation ceremony -- Lecture and discussion themes -- Exhibits -- Dramatizations -- Games -- Arts and crafts -- 18. Music for Shavuot / Torat Emet -- Tanu Rabanan: our saintly Rabbis -- Kabbalat ha Torah -- Torah Tzivah Lanu -- Barukh Elohenu -- Yisrael ve-Oraita -- Yismah Mosheh -- Yismehu Adirim -- Dundai -- At Mount Sinai -- Der Oibershter iz der Mechutten -- Naaleh le-har Tziyon: three times yearly -- Kumu ve-Naaleh -- Alu, alu: arise, arise. Hanna Goodman -- Charlotte Bronstein -- Sadie Rose Weilerstein -- Morris Epstein -- Levin Kepnis -- Deborah Pessin -- Seymour Rossel -- Sydney Taylor -- Sydney Taylor -- Samuel Shihor -- Dorothy F. Zeligs -- Jessie E. Sampter -- Sade Rose Weilerstein -- Louis I. Newman -- Louis I. Newman -- Abraham Burnstein -- Ilo Orleans -- Philip M. Raskin -- Myrim -- Jessie E. Sampter -- Aharon Zeev -- Anda Amir -- Abraham Nathan Perlberg -- edited by Paul Kavon --