Syllabus
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1. Judaism (the starting point issue), the role of Babylonian exile, the return from Babylonia (building of a post-exile community), the Jerusalem temple. •
2. Issue of the synagogue and its role. •
3. Birth. •
4. Circumcision. •
5. Redemption of the first-born. •
6. The role of education in Judaism (from cheder to academy), education of women. •
7. Bar/ Bat micwah. •
8. Wedding, marriage, widowhood, divorce. •
9. Death, Hevrah Qadišah. •
10. Jewish customs and traditions on festive occasions. •
11. Excursion.
Annotation
The course will provide a basic orientation in the sources of European culture focusing on the issues of Hebrew literature, its sources and the life of European Jewish communities in a diaspora environment. It will end with an ungraded classification.