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• catalog contributor b8726795.
• catalog created "1965.".
• catalog date "1965".
• catalog date "1965.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1965.".
• catalog description ". Rosh Hashanah eve -- 1. Keeping a diary -- Praying for life -- A "long" life and a "great" life -- Life like a book or a diary -- The empty pages of our diary -- Adding dignity and content to our lives -- Rosh Hashanah the occasion when we should find meaningful purpose for our existence -- 2. The yearning for religion -- Why is the Jewish new year called "Rosh", the "head" of the year? -- The Jews as the people of religion -- The Jew yearns for spiritual values and for religiosity -- Factors that distract from religious practices -- Many interests in modern life -- Affluency -- A call for guidance by logical inclination -- 3. Being a good Jew -- We life to claim to be "good Jews" -- The test of a "good Jew" -- The three principles upon which the claim can be justified: Torah, service and acts of charity -- The wider meaning of three terms -- II. Rosh Hashanah morning -- 1. The quest of the soul -- Blowing of the Shofar the main biblical precept of the day -- ".
• catalog description "4. Man in search of God -- Affinity between God and man -- God does not wish to escape man but man does seek occasionally to escape God -- The story of Adam, Eve and the serpent -- If sorrow comes our way we ask "Why does this happen to us?" -- What happens to man if he tries to do without God? -- The consequences of forsaking God -- 5. The teenage child -- The theme of the Torah readings on the two days of Rosh Hashanah -- Both combine to impart a vital lesson in education -- How strict and how lenient should a parent be with a child? -- How far can a parent impose authority upon a teenager? -- The necessity of avoiding a gulf -- Parents to set practical example -- 6. The symphony of Judaism -- The variations in the tones of the Shofar -- Many instruments enumerated in Ps. 150; together they form one whole orchestra -- Judaism consists of a variety of precepts and observances -- By observing some of the total of Jewish ceremonials the beauty of the harmony is lost -- ".
• catalog description "III. Shabbat Teshubah -- 1. The new challenge to the Jew -- The place of repentance in Jewish thought -- Its ideological and practical application -- The changes in the life of the Jew in recent years -- Will the Jew persevere with his religious attachment in the face of the changes? -- The lesson of Teshubah -- IV. Kol Nidrei -- 1. Man -- a driven leaf -- Yom Kippur not a black fast but a great spiritual experience linking heaven and earth -- Jacobs ladder implanted into the ground -- Necessity for strong foundation for all endeavour -- Man likened to a grass reed; if rooted in ground firmly, the elements will cause no harm -- The driven leaf -- What drives modern man so pitilessly? -- He is uprooted, detached from his spiritual moorings -- The traveler with two donkeys who falls asleep and lands up in a wilderness -- Yom Kippur the occasion for deepening our roots and finding our directive -- 2. Words that live -- ".
• catalog description "The Shofar a natural instrument -- The many inventions of man leading away from a natural life -- Diverse forms of entertainment, radio, films, television, form outside influences -- Modern man tends to hide himself from his own image -- The soul thirsteth for God -- Often the quest remains unsatisfied -- Paying heed to the call and demands of the soul -- 2. Ascending the mountain of the Lord -- Why mount Sinai was chosen for the transmission of the Torah to the people of Israel -- Is it desirable to trim Judaism to make it acceptable to the wider masses? -- How to make divine worship more appealing -- Shall we break down the mountain or shall we try to ascend? -- 3. God in search of man -- A dialogue between God and man -- Every man's action known and of importance to God -- The shepherd seeking his flock -- Every one has his station in life -- Putting touches of delight into the life of our fellowman -- God seeks man to see whether he has fulfilled himself -- ".
• catalog description "The contribution to which everybody can make towards his religious obligations -- 2. Not to forget -- Purim the time for merry making -- The tragic background to Purim -- Is forgiving identical with forgetting? -- Remembering for a purpose -- Amalek's hand lain upon the throne of God -- 2. Conquering oneself -- The mysterious statute of the red heifer -- The sanctity of life and the reason for it -- The need to rise above difficulties -- Conquering obstacles -- To succumb means self degradation, stagnation -- Passover signifies physical and spiritual conquest -- Retaining power over life -- 4. From the national to the universal -- The twin features of Judaism: the national and the religious -- The higher goal of nationalism merging with spiritual aspirations -- Pessach linked with Shabuot: the triumph of Judaism".
• catalog description "The final answer lies with the Almighty, hidden from man -- 2. A unique opportunity -- The prayer that trembles on the lips of mourners -- What is the deeper meaning of Kaddish and what is its connection with the occasion when it has to be recited? -- Two kinds of silence: the silence that conveys more than words can ever do -- Faith the strongest factor in human life -- The unique opportunity of our generation -- XV. Day of independence -- 1. The crowning of the mount of Jerusalem -- Turning in prayer toward Jerusalem -- A new meaning and purpose for Israel's existence -- The three mountains that will elect the mount of Jerusalem to rest upon them -- Physical and spiritual conflicts -- The restoration of the an act of God's intervention in history -- 2. A dream that has come true -- The strange fate of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel -- The privilege of our age to witness the reunification of the land with the people who longed for it -- ".
• catalog description "The lighting of Sabbath candles must form a part of the whole setting -- The omission of Hallel on Rosh Hashanah -- The answer given in the Talmud -- The whole of our being shall praise the Lord -- 7. Man's need for fellowship -- New year's day identical with Yom Ha-Din -- There is no man who can regard himself above doing wrong -- One measure of remorse better than any punishment -- The person who knows no remorse sets himself up instead of God -- A person who finds no wrong with himself is usually critical of others -- Our concern with this world and the next -- Man's dependence on fellowship and sympathy".
• catalog description "The obligation upon every person to study -- 3. The built in storehouse of light -- Celebrating Passover in exile -- The aspect of liberation enjoyed by all generations -- The power plant for generating electricity -- The Jewish people had their own light even in Egypt -- Meriting liberating -- The true meaning of equality -- Mankind groping for salvation -- 4. An age of anxiety -- Reason for observing the first and the last days of Passover as holy days -- The important lesson of the seventh day of Passover -- The faith that turns darkness into light -- Is man ever alone? -- An age of anxiety of an unknown nature, and some relief -- XIV. Day of mourning -- 1. A question without an answer -- Many tragic episodes in Jewish history -- Nothing that can compare with recent happenings -- Israel has fallen never to fall again -- Despair giving way to relief because of the miraculous rebirth of Israel -- Why was Israel so sorely tried? -- No satisfactory explanation -- ".
• catalog description "The present age bent on enjoyment only -- The joy that stems from achievement -- Joy must be blended with respect for the serious aspects of life -- 2. Our place within the community -- The temporary nature of the succah -- The four different types represented in the arba minim -- The teachings of the succah and the arba complementary to each other -- Story of R. Levi Yitzchak -- 3. Serving the Lord every day -- The contrast between the solemn days and the seasons of rejoicing -- The humble person who wished to sanctify the name of the Lord -- The opportunity of every person to serve God in his ordinary routine life -- VIII. Shemini Atzeret -- 1. The farewell call of the festive season -- Celebrating Shemini Atzeret so close to Succot -- The Talmudic explanation -- The importance of letting the beauty implanted in nature flow upon one's mind and heart -- A person who does not habitually wonder is like a pair of spectacles without eyes -- ".
• catalog description "The sowing in weeping and the reaping in joy -- The dream that has come true -- XVI. Shabuot -- 1. Religion in present items -- Meaning of the Hebrew word Shabuot and its connection with the festival of the Torah -- The purpose of freedom -- Is religion failing us or are we failing religion? -- The beneficial effect of religion attained through practice -- Parents who give the choice to children whether to be religious or not -- Religion as a mind and heart absorbing experience -- 2. The Torah and modern man -- The festival of Shabuot has no ceremonials -- Shabuot is the anniversary of the giving of the law -- Is the Torah antiquated by modern standards? -- Man must be the master of himself through exercising self discipline in our age -- Accepting the belief in God's intervention in human affairs and in the revelation of his will -- XVII. Shabbat nahamu -- 1. Comfort for the sufferer -- The weeks of comfort that follow mourning -- The agony that can find no adequate expression -- ".
• catalog description "The strains of Kol Nidrei forge bonds with countless generations of Jews of the past and with Jews of present time -- Meaning of the text of Kol Nidrei -- Death and life in the power of the tongue -- The vicious and the vain word -- The battle through the medium of speech -- The sincerity of words today -- Praising devoutness of parents with little inclination to emulate the example -- Promises easily made without honoring them -- The sanctity of words and vows -- V. Yom Kippur day -- 1. The choice open to man -- The institution of Yom Kippur as a unique religious experience -- The service in the temple on Yom Kippur in former times -- The meaning of the two goats, the goat of the Lord and that of Azazel -- The symbolism of the two goats for our present time -- The many forms of attack on religion in modern thinking -- The school of Marxism and the irony of its realization -- The evil of denying a place for God in human society -- Yom Kippur's message -- 2. Is fear out-dated? -- ".
• catalog description "VI. Neilah -- 1. Hour of favor -- The teaching of Teshubah -- Repentance -- The soul is pure -- The chance given to man to return to original purity -- The king who granted audiences -- 2. Victuals for a journey -- The closing hour for the gates of heaven -- Announcing a sale -- What is being sold on Yom Kippur? -- The two friends of youth -- Victuals for the year to come -- 3. The flickering light -- The gates that close upon us after Neilah -- Keys to open locks and a master key -- Making use of the master key -- The Hassidic teacher who saw a flickering light -- Using the light of Yom Kippur -- 4. Erasing old debts -- Erasing old debts before asking for more credit -- Various methods of erasing writing -- The chemical eraser and the rays -- Fervor of attachment to the Jewish heritage -- The rabbi and the acrobat -- Clinging to the high road -- The rays of Neilah to last -- VII. Succot -- 1. Rejoice with trembling -- Shunning extremes -- Neither too much fasting nor feasting -- ".
• catalog description "What benefit is there to man from time-saving devices? -- The farewell call of the season of festivals -- IX. Hanucah -- 1. The unbroken chain -- The Jews gave the world the institution of communal prayer -- The house of learning where a deeper understanding of the Torah is obtained -- The lesson from the biblical description of the building of the tabernacle -- The vital thread that must run through all phases of a person's educational life -- 2. Waiting upon the Lord -- The place of the menorah in the temple -- The two fires that were burning continuously -- The symbolism of the altar and menorah -- The two kinds of sacrifices -- To walk and not to grow faint -- X. Tu Bishebat -- 1. The two trees -- Man likened to the tree -- Two aspects of the tree -- Man's two forms of life: the mundane and the lofty -- XI. The four Sabbaths -- 1. Half a shekel -- Is there full equality in life? -- Whether one offers more or less as long as the intention is correct -- ".
• catalog description "Why suffering? -- No universally satisfying answer -- The tragedy that takes place at sea -- The power that penetrates into the depth of the sea and the depth of the human heart.".
• catalog description "XII. Shabbat Ha-Gadol -- 1. The road to greatness -- Origin of the destination -- Benefits served by various traits in the person -- The need for courage and boldness, combining modesty with conviction -- Present generation lacking courage of religious conviction -- Does the teacher of religion fail the youth? -- Pursuing right course in face of formidable opposition -- XIII. Passover -- 1. How to tell the child -- The underlying motive of the ceremonials of Passover -- Delegating religious instruction to others -- An aspect that cannot be delegated -- Factors that have to be remembered when trying to educate one's children -- 2. Bridging over the gulf -- Judaism stresses the value of ceremonials -- Various reasons offered for customs -- The custom of opening the door on Seder evening -- Elijah's twofold mission at the end of days -- Understanding between parents and children -- The gulf that existed between parent and child formerly and today -- ".
• catalog description "Yamin Noraim -- fearful days -- The place of fear in Jewish teachings -- Love and respect complementary to each other -- The cementing force for all endeavor -- An age without respect and its consequences on human relationships, between husband and wife, parent and child -- The need for acknowledging the beneficial power of reverence".
• catalog extent "203 p.".
• catalog issued "1965".
• catalog issued "1965.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York, Bloch Pub. Co.,".
• catalog spatial "South Africa".
• catalog spatial "South Africa.".
• catalog subject "BM745 .N4".
• catalog subject "Festival-day sermons, Jewish.".
• catalog subject "Jewish festival-day sermons.".
• catalog subject "Jewish sermons, English South Africa.".
• catalog subject "Sermons, English South Africa Jewish authors.".
• catalog tableOfContents ". Rosh Hashanah eve -- 1. Keeping a diary -- Praying for life -- A "long" life and a "great" life -- Life like a book or a diary -- The empty pages of our diary -- Adding dignity and content to our lives -- Rosh Hashanah the occasion when we should find meaningful purpose for our existence -- 2. The yearning for religion -- Why is the Jewish new year called "Rosh", the "head" of the year? -- The Jews as the people of religion -- The Jew yearns for spiritual values and for religiosity -- Factors that distract from religious practices -- Many interests in modern life -- Affluency -- A call for guidance by logical inclination -- 3. Being a good Jew -- We life to claim to be "good Jews" -- The test of a "good Jew" -- The three principles upon which the claim can be justified: Torah, service and acts of charity -- The wider meaning of three terms -- II. Rosh Hashanah morning -- 1. The quest of the soul -- Blowing of the Shofar the main biblical precept of the day -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "4. Man in search of God -- Affinity between God and man -- God does not wish to escape man but man does seek occasionally to escape God -- The story of Adam, Eve and the serpent -- If sorrow comes our way we ask "Why does this happen to us?" -- What happens to man if he tries to do without God? -- The consequences of forsaking God -- 5. The teenage child -- The theme of the Torah readings on the two days of Rosh Hashanah -- Both combine to impart a vital lesson in education -- How strict and how lenient should a parent be with a child? -- How far can a parent impose authority upon a teenager? -- The necessity of avoiding a gulf -- Parents to set practical example -- 6. The symphony of Judaism -- The variations in the tones of the Shofar -- Many instruments enumerated in Ps. 150; together they form one whole orchestra -- Judaism consists of a variety of precepts and observances -- By observing some of the total of Jewish ceremonials the beauty of the harmony is lost -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "III. Shabbat Teshubah -- 1. The new challenge to the Jew -- The place of repentance in Jewish thought -- Its ideological and practical application -- The changes in the life of the Jew in recent years -- Will the Jew persevere with his religious attachment in the face of the changes? -- The lesson of Teshubah -- IV. Kol Nidrei -- 1. Man -- a driven leaf -- Yom Kippur not a black fast but a great spiritual experience linking heaven and earth -- Jacobs ladder implanted into the ground -- Necessity for strong foundation for all endeavour -- Man likened to a grass reed; if rooted in ground firmly, the elements will cause no harm -- The driven leaf -- What drives modern man so pitilessly? -- He is uprooted, detached from his spiritual moorings -- The traveler with two donkeys who falls asleep and lands up in a wilderness -- Yom Kippur the occasion for deepening our roots and finding our directive -- 2. Words that live -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Shofar a natural instrument -- The many inventions of man leading away from a natural life -- Diverse forms of entertainment, radio, films, television, form outside influences -- Modern man tends to hide himself from his own image -- The soul thirsteth for God -- Often the quest remains unsatisfied -- Paying heed to the call and demands of the soul -- 2. Ascending the mountain of the Lord -- Why mount Sinai was chosen for the transmission of the Torah to the people of Israel -- Is it desirable to trim Judaism to make it acceptable to the wider masses? -- How to make divine worship more appealing -- Shall we break down the mountain or shall we try to ascend? -- 3. God in search of man -- A dialogue between God and man -- Every man's action known and of importance to God -- The shepherd seeking his flock -- Every one has his station in life -- Putting touches of delight into the life of our fellowman -- God seeks man to see whether he has fulfilled himself -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The contribution to which everybody can make towards his religious obligations -- 2. Not to forget -- Purim the time for merry making -- The tragic background to Purim -- Is forgiving identical with forgetting? -- Remembering for a purpose -- Amalek's hand lain upon the throne of God -- 2. Conquering oneself -- The mysterious statute of the red heifer -- The sanctity of life and the reason for it -- The need to rise above difficulties -- Conquering obstacles -- To succumb means self degradation, stagnation -- Passover signifies physical and spiritual conquest -- Retaining power over life -- 4. From the national to the universal -- The twin features of Judaism: the national and the religious -- The higher goal of nationalism merging with spiritual aspirations -- Pessach linked with Shabuot: the triumph of Judaism".
• catalog tableOfContents "The final answer lies with the Almighty, hidden from man -- 2. A unique opportunity -- The prayer that trembles on the lips of mourners -- What is the deeper meaning of Kaddish and what is its connection with the occasion when it has to be recited? -- Two kinds of silence: the silence that conveys more than words can ever do -- Faith the strongest factor in human life -- The unique opportunity of our generation -- XV. Day of independence -- 1. The crowning of the mount of Jerusalem -- Turning in prayer toward Jerusalem -- A new meaning and purpose for Israel's existence -- The three mountains that will elect the mount of Jerusalem to rest upon them -- Physical and spiritual conflicts -- The restoration of the an act of God's intervention in history -- 2. A dream that has come true -- The strange fate of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel -- The privilege of our age to witness the reunification of the land with the people who longed for it -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The lighting of Sabbath candles must form a part of the whole setting -- The omission of Hallel on Rosh Hashanah -- The answer given in the Talmud -- The whole of our being shall praise the Lord -- 7. Man's need for fellowship -- New year's day identical with Yom Ha-Din -- There is no man who can regard himself above doing wrong -- One measure of remorse better than any punishment -- The person who knows no remorse sets himself up instead of God -- A person who finds no wrong with himself is usually critical of others -- Our concern with this world and the next -- Man's dependence on fellowship and sympathy".
• catalog tableOfContents "The obligation upon every person to study -- 3. The built in storehouse of light -- Celebrating Passover in exile -- The aspect of liberation enjoyed by all generations -- The power plant for generating electricity -- The Jewish people had their own light even in Egypt -- Meriting liberating -- The true meaning of equality -- Mankind groping for salvation -- 4. An age of anxiety -- Reason for observing the first and the last days of Passover as holy days -- The important lesson of the seventh day of Passover -- The faith that turns darkness into light -- Is man ever alone? -- An age of anxiety of an unknown nature, and some relief -- XIV. Day of mourning -- 1. A question without an answer -- Many tragic episodes in Jewish history -- Nothing that can compare with recent happenings -- Israel has fallen never to fall again -- Despair giving way to relief because of the miraculous rebirth of Israel -- Why was Israel so sorely tried? -- No satisfactory explanation -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The present age bent on enjoyment only -- The joy that stems from achievement -- Joy must be blended with respect for the serious aspects of life -- 2. Our place within the community -- The temporary nature of the succah -- The four different types represented in the arba minim -- The teachings of the succah and the arba complementary to each other -- Story of R. Levi Yitzchak -- 3. Serving the Lord every day -- The contrast between the solemn days and the seasons of rejoicing -- The humble person who wished to sanctify the name of the Lord -- The opportunity of every person to serve God in his ordinary routine life -- VIII. Shemini Atzeret -- 1. The farewell call of the festive season -- Celebrating Shemini Atzeret so close to Succot -- The Talmudic explanation -- The importance of letting the beauty implanted in nature flow upon one's mind and heart -- A person who does not habitually wonder is like a pair of spectacles without eyes -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The sowing in weeping and the reaping in joy -- The dream that has come true -- XVI. Shabuot -- 1. Religion in present items -- Meaning of the Hebrew word Shabuot and its connection with the festival of the Torah -- The purpose of freedom -- Is religion failing us or are we failing religion? -- The beneficial effect of religion attained through practice -- Parents who give the choice to children whether to be religious or not -- Religion as a mind and heart absorbing experience -- 2. The Torah and modern man -- The festival of Shabuot has no ceremonials -- Shabuot is the anniversary of the giving of the law -- Is the Torah antiquated by modern standards? -- Man must be the master of himself through exercising self discipline in our age -- Accepting the belief in God's intervention in human affairs and in the revelation of his will -- XVII. Shabbat nahamu -- 1. Comfort for the sufferer -- The weeks of comfort that follow mourning -- The agony that can find no adequate expression -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "The strains of Kol Nidrei forge bonds with countless generations of Jews of the past and with Jews of present time -- Meaning of the text of Kol Nidrei -- Death and life in the power of the tongue -- The vicious and the vain word -- The battle through the medium of speech -- The sincerity of words today -- Praising devoutness of parents with little inclination to emulate the example -- Promises easily made without honoring them -- The sanctity of words and vows -- V. Yom Kippur day -- 1. The choice open to man -- The institution of Yom Kippur as a unique religious experience -- The service in the temple on Yom Kippur in former times -- The meaning of the two goats, the goat of the Lord and that of Azazel -- The symbolism of the two goats for our present time -- The many forms of attack on religion in modern thinking -- The school of Marxism and the irony of its realization -- The evil of denying a place for God in human society -- Yom Kippur's message -- 2. Is fear out-dated? -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "VI. Neilah -- 1. Hour of favor -- The teaching of Teshubah -- Repentance -- The soul is pure -- The chance given to man to return to original purity -- The king who granted audiences -- 2. Victuals for a journey -- The closing hour for the gates of heaven -- Announcing a sale -- What is being sold on Yom Kippur? -- The two friends of youth -- Victuals for the year to come -- 3. The flickering light -- The gates that close upon us after Neilah -- Keys to open locks and a master key -- Making use of the master key -- The Hassidic teacher who saw a flickering light -- Using the light of Yom Kippur -- 4. Erasing old debts -- Erasing old debts before asking for more credit -- Various methods of erasing writing -- The chemical eraser and the rays -- Fervor of attachment to the Jewish heritage -- The rabbi and the acrobat -- Clinging to the high road -- The rays of Neilah to last -- VII. Succot -- 1. Rejoice with trembling -- Shunning extremes -- Neither too much fasting nor feasting -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "What benefit is there to man from time-saving devices? -- The farewell call of the season of festivals -- IX. Hanucah -- 1. The unbroken chain -- The Jews gave the world the institution of communal prayer -- The house of learning where a deeper understanding of the Torah is obtained -- The lesson from the biblical description of the building of the tabernacle -- The vital thread that must run through all phases of a person's educational life -- 2. Waiting upon the Lord -- The place of the menorah in the temple -- The two fires that were burning continuously -- The symbolism of the altar and menorah -- The two kinds of sacrifices -- To walk and not to grow faint -- X. Tu Bishebat -- 1. The two trees -- Man likened to the tree -- Two aspects of the tree -- Man's two forms of life: the mundane and the lofty -- XI. The four Sabbaths -- 1. Half a shekel -- Is there full equality in life? -- Whether one offers more or less as long as the intention is correct -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Why suffering? -- No universally satisfying answer -- The tragedy that takes place at sea -- The power that penetrates into the depth of the sea and the depth of the human heart.".
• catalog tableOfContents "XII. Shabbat Ha-Gadol -- 1. The road to greatness -- Origin of the destination -- Benefits served by various traits in the person -- The need for courage and boldness, combining modesty with conviction -- Present generation lacking courage of religious conviction -- Does the teacher of religion fail the youth? -- Pursuing right course in face of formidable opposition -- XIII. Passover -- 1. How to tell the child -- The underlying motive of the ceremonials of Passover -- Delegating religious instruction to others -- An aspect that cannot be delegated -- Factors that have to be remembered when trying to educate one's children -- 2. Bridging over the gulf -- Judaism stresses the value of ceremonials -- Various reasons offered for customs -- The custom of opening the door on Seder evening -- Elijah's twofold mission at the end of days -- Understanding between parents and children -- The gulf that existed between parent and child formerly and today -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Yamin Noraim -- fearful days -- The place of fear in Jewish teachings -- Love and respect complementary to each other -- The cementing force for all endeavor -- An age without respect and its consequences on human relationships, between husband and wife, parent and child -- The need for acknowledging the beneficial power of reverence".
• catalog title "The eternal quest; sermons for high holy days, festivals and special Sabbaths.".
• catalog type "text".