Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitelTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Forfatter
Call numberS994.004924/001
Objektnummer03731cah
UdgivelsesstedSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Udgivelsesår
2021
Pagineringpp581-592
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
Beskrivelse
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