Minhagim: Custom and Practice in Jewish Life

Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Details of the Contributors
Introduction
Customs and Material Culture in Antiquity
The Use of Amulets in the Jewish Community of Late Antiquity in the Land of Israel: A Glass Pendant Decorated with the Binding of Isaac, from the Hecht Collection
Conservatism, Innovation and Custom in the Middle Ages
R. Eliezer b. Natan (the Ravan): Conservator or Innovator?
Compromise and Inclusivity in Establishing Minhag and Halakha: Contextualizing the Approach of R. Meir of Rothenburg
Custom in Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages
Sefer Haminhagim (Venice, 1593) and Its Dissemination in the Ashkenazi World
The Lobed Matzot: A Trialogue of Image, Text, and Custom
Memory Preservation and Custom in the Modern Era
Tikkun ‘Shovavim’ in the Slonim Hasidut
The Role of Custom in the Jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura
Sephardic Customs as a Discourse Topic in the Ladinokomunita Internet Correspondence Circle
To Plant Is to Remember: The B’nai B’rith Martyrs’ Forest and American Jewish Fundraising Customs for an ‘Evergreen’ Holocaust Memorial
Demons in the Yemenite Life Cycle: Folk Beliefs and Customs of Avoidance
The Changing Role of Religious Custom in Reform Judaism
‘Everything Is according to the American Custom’: A New Custom for a New Country
Index of Subjects
Index of Names
Index of Places