Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
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Call numberS994.004924/001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03731cah
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Jewish Historical Society
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2021
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp581-592
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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