Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitoloTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Autore
Call numberS994.004924/001
Numero oggetto03731cah
Luogo di pubblicazioneSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
Paginazionepp581-592
MaterialeArticle
NotesArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
Descrizione
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