Entering Jewish Prayer

Hammer, Reuven

Random House Value Publishing

This engaging and informative book provides an introduction to the liturgy of the Siddur--the Jewish prayerbook. More than a "how-to" guide, this resource deals with basic issues for the modern worshiper, the historial compilation of the Siddur, and much more.

Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Schocken

ENTERING JEWISH PRAYER: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service

Judaism

The liturgy for the Days of Awe are the longest and most complex of the year, leaving many people without a complete understanding of the occasions' significance. ENTERING THE HIGH HOLY DAYS provides historical background and an interpretation of the ideas, practices, and the liturgy, giving them contemporary relevance.

Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the History, Prayers, and Themes

The Jewish Publication Society

The High Holy Days--Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur--are for many Jews the highlight of the Jewish year. The liturgy for the Days of Awe are the longest and most complex of the year, leaving a large number of attendees without a complete understanding of the occasion's significance. Entering The High Holy Days provides historical background and interpretation of the ideas, practices, and liturgy and lends them contemporary relevance to today's Jews.

JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY

The legendary Akiva ben Yosef has fascinated Jews for centuries. Arguably the most important of the Tannaim, or early Jewish sages, Akiva lived during a crucial era in the development of Judaism as we know it today, and his theology played a major part in the development of Rabbinic Judaism. Reuven Hammer details Akiva’s life as it led to a martyr’s death and he delves into the rich legacy Akiva left us. That legacy played an extraordinarily important role in helping the Jewish people survive difficult challenges to forge a vibrant religious life anew, and it continues to influence Jewish law, ethics, and theology even today. Akiva’s contribution to the development of Oral Torah cannot be overestimated, and in this first book written in English about the sage since 1936 Hammer reassesses Akiva’s role from the period before the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE until the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE. He also assesses new findings about the growth of early Judaism, the reasons why Akiva was so outspoken about “Christian Jews,” the influence of Hellenism, the Septuagint, and the canonization of the Hebrew Bible. Ultimately Hammer shows that Judaism without Akiva would be a very different religion.

Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

A Year with the Sages uniquely relates the Sages’ understanding of each Torah portion to everyday life. The importance of these teachings cannot be overstated. The Sages, who lived during the period from the fifth century BCE to the fifth century CE, considered themselves to have inherited the oral teachings God transmitted to Moses, along with the mandate to interpret them to each subsequent generation. Just as the Torah and the entire Hebrew Bible are the foundations of Judaism, the Sages’ teachings form the structures of Jewish belief and practice built on that foundation. Many of these teachings revolve around core concepts such as God’s justice, God’s love, Torah, Israel, humility, honesty, loving-kindness, reverence, prayer, and repentance. You are invited to spend a year with the inspiring ideas of the Sages through their reflections on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and the eleven Jewish holidays. Quoting from the week’s Torah portion, Rabbi Reuven Hammer presents a Torah commentary, selections from the Sages that chronicle their process of interpreting the text, a commentary that elucidates these concepts and their consequences, and a personal reflection that illumines the Sages’ enduring wisdom for our era.

A Year with the Sages: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion (JPS Daily Inspiration)

This is a travel-sized paperback edition of "Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Shalom." This compact siddur with acclaimed commentary is ideal for travel and personal use.

Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals (English and Hebrew Edition)

Rabbinical Assembly

Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals

For the believing Jew today, no less than for those in the past, the study of the weekly portion is a religious experience. For this reason it is customary to consider the section along with its traditional commentaries. It is important to know not only what the Torah meant when it was written, but also what it has meant within Judaism since then. It is also important for intellectual honesty to distinguish between the two. Moderns also have the advantage of using the results of linguistic studies and comparative studies of other ancient texts as well as archaeological finds to help us understand the text.The Torah reflects an entire worldview concerning the nature of God and of human beings, the task of Israel and the way in which we are to live. Thus it is an ancient text that is ever new and always renewing itself. One studies it not only to learn what was, but also to discover what we are and how we are to live. These prefaces are meant to complement and enrich your study of the portion by pointing out important ideas found therein and raising problems and questions for consideration. Enter into the Torah text with this lively companion and experience the full impact of the age-old – and totally new – weekly portion.

Entering Torah: Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion

Independently published

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Entering Jewish Prayer

Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service

ENTERING JEWISH PRAYER: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service

Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the History, Prayers, and Themes

Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the History, Prayers, and Themes

Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy

A Year with the Sages: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion (JPS Daily Inspiration)

Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals (English and Hebrew Edition)

Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals

Entering Torah: Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion