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Haloes And All That
All quiz-masters, amateur and professional alike, should rejoice at “How Did It Begin?” by Rabbi R. Brash, Chief Minister of Temple Emanuel, Sydney.
Its 350 pages are packed with the origins of everyday customs and superstitions.
As well as being a Rabbi, Dr. Brasch is well known on radio and television shows in Australia, as a contributor to magazines, and as a preacher and lecturer all the way from Ireland to Alice Springs. He has spent years of research all over the world for the material for this book.
It is a fund of information about such things as why Chris tians, Jews and Mohammedans alike say “Amen” at the end of prayers; why brides wear veils: men button their clothes on a different side to women; why a pawnbroker’s sign is three brass balls. It also tells about the origin of writing; a doctor’s red lamp; Christmas cards; hotcross buns; and haloes for angels. (HOW DID IT BEGIN. Longmans; paper-back, 22/6; Cased edition, 49/6.)