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Minhagim: custom and practice in jewish life, International Conference, Tel Aviv University, May 13-16, 2012ProgrammeSunday, May 13Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Center, Tel Aviv University17:00-19:00 Opening SessionChair: Simha GoldinGreetings    Micaela Goren Monti (The Cukier, Goldstein-Goren Foundation)    Olivier Tourny (Centre de Recherche Fran&#231;ais &#224; J&#233;rusalem)    Hannah Naveh (Dean of the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University)    Eyal Zisser (Dean of the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University)Keynote Address    Moshe Idel (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): The Mystical Background of the Custom of Some Gestures in the Qedushah    Musical Interlude: Eitz Chaim Choir    Exhibition of Mapot of Belfort, FranceMonday, May 14Drachlis Hall, Gilman 496, Tel Aviv University08:30-10:30 Minhag, Halacha, and LawChair: Jeremy Cohen    Hila Ben-Eliyahu (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): Conflict of Laws and the 16th century Minhagim    Ira Bedzow and Michael Broyde (Emory University, Atlanta): The Role of Custom in the Jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura    Amir Mashiach (University Center of Samaria, Ariel): Anthropocentric Halakhic Rulings and their Influence on the Minhag: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach as a Case Study    Joseph Isaac Lifshitz (Shalem Center, Jerusalem): What is Bad in Bad Custom?10:30-11:00 Break    David Shyovitz (Northwestern University, Evanston): Narrative, Theology, and Minhag: The Case of Kaddish Yatom    David M. Feuchtwanger (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): Reflections on the Political Philosophy Behind the Custom11:00-13:30 Piyyut and Liturgy: Minhag in the SynagogueChair: Tova Be'eri    Ariel Zinder (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): The Ma'amadot of Elul &#8211; Between Piyyut, Minhag and Halacha     Sara Offenberg (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): Law and Order of Work: Text, Image and Practice in the Seder Avodah in the London Miscellany    Annette Weber (Hochschule f&#252;r J&#252;dische Studien, Heidelberg): The Ritual of Yizkor in Ashkenazic Synagogues since the Middle Ages    Eli Gurfinkel ( BAR-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan): Practices of Expressing the Thirteen Principles of Faith as Theological Decrees    Boaz Huss (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): &#34;Even if one does not know what he says&#34;: On the History and Cultural Significance of the Ritualistic Reading of the Zohar13:30-15:00 Break15:00-17:30 Dissemination of Minhag Through Books and ImagesChair: Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig    Marc Michael Epstein (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie): Visual Culture Made Manifest: From Depiction to Performance    Lucia Raspe (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit&#228;t, Frankfurt): How Italian are the Yiddish Minhagim of 1589?: A Reassessment    Jean Baumgarten (CNRS, EHESS, Paris): The Sefer Minhagim (Venice 1593) and its Diffusion in the Ashkenazi World    Avriel Bar-Levav (Open University, Raanana): Customs of Death in Books and in Reality    Efraiym Yaacov (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan): The Influence of the Printed Book on Yemenite Customs17:30-18:00 Break18:00-20:30 The Community and Creation of MinhagChair: Eric Zimmer    Ephraim Kanarfogel (Yeshiva University, New York): &#34;Fulfilling all Views&#34; as a Means of Establishing Custom and Practice in the Writings of R. Meir of Rothenburg    Noga Bing (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): Tikkun Shovavim    Adiel Kadari (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): Customs in Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer: The Case of Havdalah20:30-22:00 Visit to the Gross Family CollectionTuesday, May 15Drachlis Hall, Gilman 496, Tel Aviv University08:30-10:30 Folklore and Local CustomsChair:&#160;Benjamin Arbel    Anca Ciuciu (University of Bucharest): The Image of Purim in Interwar Bucharest    Shira Klein (New York University): Keeping It in the Family: Italian Jewish Customs in the Interwar Period    Massimo Torrefranca (IDC, Herzliyah): &#34;Twixt Tripoli, Rome, and Tel Aviv: The Libyan Jews&#34; &#171;Besisa&#187; as a Means of Communal Identification    David Bunis (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): The Preoccupation with Sephardic Customs in the Current Judezmo (Ladino) Media10:30-11:00 Break11:00-13:00 Gender PerspectivesChair: Hannah Naveh    Merav Schnitzer (Tel Aviv University): Rituals of Feminine Care and the Rules of the Sages: The Halachic Discussion of Ashkenaz    Aliza Lavie (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan): Women's Prayer    Evelyn Cohen (Columbia University, New York): The Ritual Observance of Women as Seen in Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts from Renaissance Italy    Michal Ben Ya'akov (Efrata College, Jerusalem): Widows in a Traditional Jewish Society: Tensions and Challenges    Hannah Mayne (University of Florida): The Influence of Feminism on Halachic Practice: A Visual Exploration of Women who have Chosen to Perform the Ritual Practice of Talit and Tefilin13:30-15:00 Break15:00-17:00 Objects and CustomChair: William Gross    Orit Shamir and Naama Sukenik (Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem): Qumran Textiles and the Garments of Qumran's Inhabitants Compared to the Jewish Society Around Them    Ephraim Nissan (University of London): Jewish Customs and the Festive Calendar in Relation to Baghdadi Vernacular Housing    Ariella Amar (Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University): Living in Secret: Veiled Objects and Customs of the Jews of Mashhad    Felicia Waldman (University of Bucharest): Tombstone Art in Romanian Moldova and Bukovina17:00-17:30 Break17:30-19:30 Zohar, Kabbalah, Hassidism, and MysticismChair: Ron Margolin    Lihi Habas (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): The Use of Amulets in the Jewish Community of Late Antiquity in the Land of Israel: A Glass Pendant from the Hecht Collection as a Test Case    Morris Faierstein (Independent scholar, Rockville): The Zohar in the Brantshpigl (1596): The Influence of the Zohar on Early Modern Popular Jewish Customs and Practices    Gadi Sagiv (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): Hok LeIsrael and Eastern European Hasidim    Shaul Regev (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan): Customs Renewed by R. Yosef Haim (Ben Ish Hai) in Iraq: Halacha and KabbalaWednesday, May 16Centre de recherche Fran&#231;ais &#224; J&#233;rusalem (3 Shimshon St., Jerusalem)10:00-12:30 Life Cycle EventsChair: Shalom Sabar    Noa Sophie Kohler (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): Music as a Sign of Change: Joyful Occasions and Early Modern German Jews    Tali Berner (Tel Aviv University): Children and Life Cycle Rituals in Early Modern Ashkenaz    Ephraim Shoham (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva): The Life and Death of Kidor: Exploring the Rite of Circumcising a Mamzer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe    Ya'acov Sarig (Open University, Raanana): Demons in the Yemenite Life Cycle: Folk Beliefs and Customs of Avoidance    Svetlana Amosova (European University, St. Petersburg): &#34;A Child is Born&#34;: Notes on Jewish Birthing Traditions in Ukraine of the 20th Century12:30-14:00 Break14:00-16:00 Mourning CustomsChair: Shmuel Glick    Michael Avioz (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan): Funerary Rites as Reflected in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities    Michal Ephratt (University of Haifa): &#34;Minute of Silence&#34;: A Conceptual Model of an Israeli Ritual    Allan Amanik (New York University): &#34;Because it is a Comfort...that He Should Rest with His Fathers&#34;: Family Burial and the Restructuring of New York's Jewish Communal Order, 1850-1859    Amy Weiss (New York University): To Plant Is To Remember: American Jewish Tree Planting Campaigns for Holocaust Memorials16:30-17:30 Visit to the Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo (58 King George St., Jerusalem)17:30-19:30 The Scope of Minhag: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform &#8211;Roundtable Discussion (Congregation Moreshet Yisrael (4 Agron St. ,Jerusalem)Moderator: Aviad HaCohen    Musical Interlude: Ahuva Tamar Batz    David Golinkin (Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies)    Michael Meyer (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati)    Daniel Sperber (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan)