Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitleTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Author
Call numberS994.004924/001
Object number03731cah
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
PublisherAustralian Jewish Historical Society
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp581-592
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
Description
Jewish liturgical usage includes prayers for rain (geshem) and dew (tal). Each of these prayers has a poetic, ceremonial text. In Australia, Rabbi Francis Cohen moved the prayers to acknowledge the seasons, so that geshem was said on Passover, and tal on Shimini Atzeret. This article tells the story