Elsewhere, in his other early work: Halakhic Man, Soloveitchik, like Rosenzweig, presents us with an example of how specific
calendrical hours, structured by the requisite environment and liturgy, create religious events that influence the quality of our self-understanding.
In the interest of ordering the manuscripts (which is 'debatable' when one manuscript contains many texts, as Florida herself says) they were grouped as follows: Histories of Java, Genealogies, Court Life & Administration, Piwulang (didactic literature), Juridical Literature & Treaties, other Histories, Hippology,
Calendrical divination and Primbon, Wayang and other performing arts, and literary works and Religion, and so on.
The pragmatic present condition--Tishrei as the beginning of the
calendrical year and Nisan as the beginning of the festival year--makes everybody right, which itself may be regarded as part of the Jewish tradition.
Gordon says, "The last hours before the Crucifixion are challenging, and many technical issues - legal,
calendrical and other - are involved.
This article provides four examples to illustrate the power of the mediums' group: (1) several
calendrical rituals for the city pillar's tutelary spirit; (2) the group's collaboration with traditional communities; (3) the collective rituals dedicated to teacher spirits; and (4) the recent formation of the biggest collective ritual in the city.
Folklore in all cultures tends to cluster around the critical points in the life cycle of the individual and the
calendrical cycle of the community.
On top of the
calendrical differences, a number of canonical theological considerations factor into the process.
Drawing daily for some seventy years, he created a vast body of work that includes intimate tonal drawings of the farmland and homestead where he grew up; sculptures of human figures, animals, and objects made by stitching together pieces of paper and cardboard; hand-sewn books containing alphabets, syllabaries,
calendrical schemes, and other data laid out in grids; and myriad copies, on fragments of used paper, of texts and images culled from illustrated magazines and commercial packaging.
In the midst of claims
calendrical, celestial, and noble come moments of levity:
She begins at the most fundamental level, with an explanation of the nature and sociological significance of the
calendrical systems used in the manuscripts (chapter two).