Tal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
TitelTal and Geshem - Climate change in Australian Judaism
Auteur
Call numberS994.004924/001
Objectnummer03731cah
Plaats van uitgaveSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jaar van uitgave
2021
Pagina'spp581-592
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the Australian Jewish Historical Journal Vol.25 no.4, 2022 pp.5581-592
Beschrijving
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