Simcha Fishbane 
The Impact of Culture and Cultures Upon Jewish Customs and Rituals [PDF ebook] 
Collected Essays

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Fire Symbolism in Jewish Law and Ritual

Behind the Purim Mask: The Symbolic Representation of the Rituals and Customs of Purim

In the Absence of Ritual: Customs of the Holiday of Shavuot

Holy and Licit Magic and Halakhah: The Case of the Arukh Ha Shulhan

The Symbolic Representation of the Sefer Torah

Index

Dr. Simcha Fishbane is a Professor of Jewish Studies in the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Touro College, New York. He has published extensively on Jewish subjects and texts. Dr. Fishbane’s publications include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (2007); The Boldness of an Halakhist (2008); The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry (2011); The Impact of Culture and Cultures Upon Jewish Customs and Rituals (2016); The Rabbinic Discussion about Bat Mitzvah Celebrations (2017); and The Jewish Intellectual Tradition: A History of Learning and Achievement (2021), co-authored with Alan Kadish and Michael A. Shmidman.