Description: My People's Prayer Book Vol 4 by Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, Elliot Dorff, Dr. David Ellenson, Ellen Frankel, Judith Hauptman, Joel Hoffman, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi Nehemia Polen, Rabbi Daniel Landes This volume of the My Peoples Prayer Book series unfolds the many layers of meaning in the ritual and prayers surrounding the communal reading of Torah. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul."This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in todays world, and makes its power accessible to all.Framed with beautifully designed Talmud-style pages, commentaries from 11 of todays most respected Jewish scholars from all movements of Judaism examine Seder Kriat Hatorah from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, Talmudic, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives.This fourth volume of the series unfolds the many layers of meaning in Seder Kriat Hatorah, the ritual and prayers surrounding the communal reading of Torah. More than any other section of the prayer book, the Torah service reflects all of Jewish history. Vol. 4 helps us to understand how the reading of Torah is an affirmation, powerful and dramatic, of the continuing covenant between the community of Israel and God.Vol. 4—Seder Kriat Hatorah (The Torah Service) features the authentic Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let people know exactly what the prayers say. Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries, to search for—and find—meaning in the prayer book.Even those not yet familiar with the prayer book can appreciate the spiritual richness of Seder Kriat Hatorah. My Peoples Prayer Book enables all worshipers, of any denomination, to encounter their own connection to 3,000 years of Jewish experience with the world and with God.Contributors include:Marc Brettler • Elliot N. Dorff • David Ellenson • Ellen Frankel • Judith Hauptman • Joel M. Hoffman • Lawrence A. Hoffman • Lawrence Kushner • Daniel Landes • Ruth Langer • Nehemia Polen Author Biography Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My Peoples Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and to My Peoples Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water—Untaneh Tokef; All These Vows—Kol Nidre; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor; and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament and The Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; co-author of The Bible and the Believer; and author of How to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radios Fresh Air by Terry Gross.Dr. David Ellenson is president of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. Dr. Ellenson was ordained as a rabbi at HUC JIR and received his PhD from Columbia University. His book After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity won the National Jewish Book Award. His most recent book, Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa, was coauthored with Daniel Gordis.Ellen Frankel, LCSW, a member of Congregation Shirat Hayam, is a popular author and speaker on spirituality and wellness. Her work has been featured on TV nationally and in The Boston Globe, The Jewish Journal North of Boston and The Jewish Advocate.Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.He has written and edited many books, including All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Untaneh Tokef and All These Vows—Kol Nidre, the first five volumes in the Prayers of Awe series; the My Peoples Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and he is coeditor of My Peoples Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries (all Jewish Lights), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.Rabbi Hoffman is a developer of Synagogue 3000, a transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century.Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics:A Day of Wine and Moses: The Passover Haggadah and the Seder You Have Always WantedPreparing for the High Holy Days: How to Appreciate the Liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom KippurThe Essence of Jewish Prayer: The Prayer Book in Context and Worship in Our TimeBeyond Ethnicity: The Coming Project for North American Jewish IdentitySynagogue Change: Transforming Synagogues as Spiritual and Moral Centers for the Twenty-First CenturyClick here to contact the author.Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is one of the most widely read authors by people of all faiths on Jewish spiritual life. He is the best-selling author of such books as Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning; Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; The Book of Miracles: A Young Persons Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness; The Book of Words: Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk; Eyes Remade for Wonder: A Lawrence Kushner Reader; Im God, Youre Not: Observations on Organized Religion and other Disguises of the Ego; Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians; The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness; The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition; and co-author of Because Nothing Looks Like God; How Does God Make Things Happen?; Where Is God?; What Does God Look Like?; and In Gods Hands. He is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Franciscos Congregation Emanu-El and an adjunct professor of Jewish mysticism and spirituality at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is available to speak on the following topics:• Jewish Mystical Imagination• Rymanovers Silent Aleph: What Really Happened on Sinai• Zohar on Romance and Revelation• What Makes Kabbalah Kabbalah• Sacred Stories of the Ordinary: When God Makes a Surprise Appearance in Everyday LifeClick here to contact the author.Rabbi Nehemia Polen is professor of Jewish thought at Hebrew College. He is theauthor of The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, theRebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto and The Rebbes Daughter, recipient of a NationalJewish Book Award. He is also a contributor to the award-winning My PeoplesPrayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries (Jewish Lights).Rabbi Daniel Landes is the director and rosh hayeshivah of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Pardes brings together men and women of all backgrounds to study classical Jewish texts and contemporary Jewish issues in a rigorous, challenging and open-minded environment.Rabbi Landes is also a contributor to the My Peoples Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award and My Peoples Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award; Who by Fire, Who by Water—Untaneh Tokef; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet and All These Vows—Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Ruth Langer, PhD, is professor of Jewish studies in the Theology Department at Boston College, where she also serves as associate director of its Center for Christian-Jewish Learning. She received her PhD in Jewish liturgy and her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. She contributed to Who by Fire, Who by Water— Untaneh Tokef and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights). Table of Contents About My Peoples Prayer BookIntroduction to the Liturgy: The Reading of Torah—Retelling the Jewish Story in the Shadow of SinaiLawrence A. HoffmanCelebrating the Presence of the Torah: The History and Meaning of Reading TorahRuth LangerThe Theory and Halakhah of Reading TorahDaniel LandesIntroduction to the Commentaries: How to Look for Meaning in the PrayersLawrence A. HoffmanThe Liturgy1. Introduction: Removing the Torah from the ArkA. Setting the Stage: On One Hand, Gods GreatnessI. "There is No God Like You" (Ein Kamokha)II. "Father of Mercy" (Av Harachamim)III. "With the Moving of the Ark" (Vayhi Binsoa Haaron)B. Setting the Stage: On the Other Hand, Gods MercyI. The Thirteen Attributes (Adonai, Adonai)II. "May the Words of My Mouth" (Yihyu Lratson)III. "I Offer My Prayer" (Vaani Tfillati)C. Setting the Stage: Kabbalistic Insertion on Gods Greatness and Gods MercyI. "Blessed Is the Name" (Brikh Shmeih)D. Affirming God While Taking the TorahI. "Hear O Israel" (Shma Yisrael)II. "Our God Is One" (Echad Eloheinu)III. "Proclaim Adonais Greatness" (Gadlu)E. The Hakafah: Taking the Torah to The Readers Stand: "Greatness, Power, Glory ... Are Yours" (Lkha Adonai)2. Reading Torah: The AliyotA. Summoning the Aliyot: "May He Help, Shield, and Save" (Vaazor Vyagen)B. Blessings over TorahC. Special Cases (Deliverance from Danger, Bar/Bat Mitzvah)D. "May the One Who Blessed" (Mi Sheberakh)E. Concluding Affirmation of Torah: "This Is the Torah" (Vzot Hatorah)3. Haftarah BlessingsA. Blessing BeforeB. Blessings After4. Prayers For The CommunityA. For Those of Antiquity: "May Salvation Arise" (Ykum Purkan)B. For the Community TodayI. "May Salvation Arise" (Ykum Purkan)II. "May the One Who Blessed" (Mi Sheberakh)C. For the Government: "The One Who Grants Salvation" (Honoten Tshuah)D. For a Month Of Blessing: Blessing of the New Moon (Birkat Hachodesh)E. For Our Martyrs: "In His Great Mercy, May the Father Of Mercy" (Av Harachamim)5. Concluding Prayers: Returning the Torah to the ArkA. Rejoicing in Torah: "Happy Is the One" (Ashre)B. Israels Praise of GodI. "Let Them Praise" (Yhallu)II. "His Majesty Is Above" (Hodo Al Erets)C. The Universes Praise of God (Psalm 29): "Davids Psalm" (Mizmor Ldavid)D. "And With Its Resting" (Uvnuchoh Yomar)About the ContributorsList of AbbreviationsGlossary Long Description "The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul." This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in todays world, and makes its power accessible to all. Framed with beautifully designed Talmud-style pages, commentaries from 11 of todays most respected Jewish scholars from all movements of Judaism examine Seder Kriat Hatorah from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, Talmudic, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives. This fourth volume of the series unfolds the many layers of meaning in Seder Kriat Hatorah, the ritual and prayers surrounding the communal reading of Torah. More than any other section of the prayer book, the Torah service reflects all of Jewish history. Vol. 4 helps us to understand how the reading of Torah is an affirmation, powerful and dramatic, of the continuing covenant between the community of Israel and God. Vol. 4--Seder Kriat Hatorah (The Torah Service) features the authentic Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let people know exactly what the prayers say. Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries, to search for--and find--meaning in the prayer book. Even those not yet familiar with the prayer book can appreciate the spiritual richness of Seder Kriat Hatorah. My Peoples Prayer Book enables all worshipers, of any denomination, to encounter their own connection to 3,000 years of Jewish experience with the world and with God. Contributors include: Marc Brettler * Elliot N. Dorff * David Ellenson * Ellen Frankel * Judith Hauptman * Joel M. Hoffman * Lawrence A. Hoffman * Lawrence Kushner * Daniel Landes * Ruth Langer * Nehemia Polen Details ISBN168336211X Pages 264 Publisher Jewish Lights Publishing Series My Peoples Prayer Book Year 2000 ISBN-10 168336211X ISBN-13 9781683362111 Format Paperback Imprint Jewish Lights Publishing DEWEY 296.45 Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Edited by Lawrence A. Hoffman Subtitle Seder Kriat Hatorah (Shabbat Torah Service) Qualifications PhD Short Title My Peoples Prayer Book Vol 4 Language English UK Release Date 2000-12-14 Author Rabbi Daniel Landes Publication Date 2000-12-14 Place of Publication Woodstock Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781879045828 Audience General US Release Date 2000-12-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160304700;
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Book Title: My People's Prayer Book Vol 4: Seder K'riat Hatorah (Shabbat Torah Service)
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Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
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Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing, Rabbi Daniel Landes, Rabbi Nehemia Polen, Dr. David Ellenson, Elliot Dorff, Joel Hoffman, Judith Hauptman, Ellen Frankel, Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Publication Year: 2000
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
