Waving and Beating of Willows

The practice of beating willows on Hoshanah Rabbah is a very unusual one, with no explanations offered in the Talmud or Midrash. In the ancient world, the willow represented both fertility and infertility, life and death, and the beating of willows can be connected both to beating with plants as a f...

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Main Author: Ron, Zvi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-90
Further subjects:B willow
B Sukkot
B Hoshanah Rabbah
B Scapegoat
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