Judaism

Rachel Werczberger, Shlomo Guzmen-Carmeli

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReligion, Spirituality and Health
Subtitle of host publicationA Social Scientific Approach
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages113-125
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NameReligion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach
Volume5
ISSN (Print)2627-6011
ISSN (Electronic)2627-602X

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