Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitelTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Verfasser
Call numberS994.004924/001
Inventarnummer03731cah
ErscheinungsortSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Seitenpp581-592
MaterialArtikel
NotesArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
Beschreibung
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