Judaism

Rachel Werczberger; Shlomo Guzmen-Carmeli

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27953-0_9

Judaism

Rachel Werczberger, Shlomo Guzmen-Carmeli

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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This chapter surveys several Jewish rituals and practices, some of which are personal and some of which are collective, some traditional and some newly invented, which may have a therapeutic effect on their practitioners: Torah study in a chavruta (a fellowship of two), tehillim (psalms) recitation, Amen meal, saint veneration and individual pilgrimage, miqveh (women’s ritual bath) and the shiva (rite of mourning). Our survey points to a dimension of these practices and rituals shared by almost all of them, that may help to explain their therapeutic effects – and that is the salience of community and interconnectedness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Religion, Spirituality and Health
Subtitle of host publication	A Social Scientific Approach
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	113-125
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27953-0_9
State	Published - 2020

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Name	Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach
Volume	5
ISSN (Print)	2627-6011
ISSN (Electronic)	2627-602X

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