Ashkenazim and Sephardim, 1958Gregg International Publishers, 1969 - 347 pages |
Contents
FOREWORD BY THE CHIEF RABBI vii | 5 |
From the earliest times until the death | 11 |
R Asher and his family in Spain | 21 |
The last century of the Jews in Spain | 36 |
The period between the publication of Isser | 59 |
From the foundation of the Science of Juda | 72 |
The establishment of the State of Israel | 78 |
The Hebrew characters | 91 |
Ashkenazi strictness and Sephardi leniency | 188 |
Ashkenazi leniency and Sephardi strictness | 205 |
Difference in Weltanschauung | 233 |
CHAPTER 1O A comparison between the religious | 251 |
Ashkenazim and Sephardim in the light | 268 |
PART III | 288 |
Responsa on the pronunciation of Hebrew | 308 |
Responsa on Hebrew characters | 315 |
Liturgy | 99 |
Poetry | 124 |
Approach to Bible and Talmud | 136 |
Laws and customs relating to birth marriage | 164 |
Responsa on liturgy | 324 |
Responsa on matrimonial cases | 333 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 341 |