Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitreTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Auteur
Call numberS994.004924/001
N° d'objet03731cah
Lieu de publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Année de publication
2021
Paginationpp581-592
MatérielArticle
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