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The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons is unavailable, but you can change that!

Throughout the ages, Jews have connected legends to particular days of the Hebrew calendar. Abraham’s birth, the death of Rachel, and the creation of light are all tales that are linked to a specific day and season. The Jewish Book of Days invites readers to experience the connection between sacred story and nature’s rhythms, through readings designed for each and every day of the year. These...

In a midrash in Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer, based on the story of Adam and Eve, the first sacred book is called the Sefer Toldot Adam, the book of the generations of Adam. In this book are the secrets of the months and the days and the summers and the winters, secrets even the Holy One had to learn to enter Creation. This book of days, like that vanished one, seeks to uncover the secrets of days and seasons so that we, like Adam and Eve, may enter into every limb of the year. We often experience the
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