Book Description
... Studies made of the Oriental Zaddikim.
Author : Louis Jacobs
Publisher : Littman Library of Jewish Civi
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781874774181
... Studies made of the Oriental Zaddikim.
Author : Reuven Hammer
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0307772551
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.
Author : Louis Jacobs
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2022-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1800347529
‘One of the basic books required for those who want to go directly into the nature of Hasidic prayer . . . in this sound and clearly written text there is a scholarly survey of the most immediate developments of Hasidism, which enters into that world both as a scholar looking in from the outside, and as a rabbi aware of the yearnings of faith. The new introduction is valuable in pointing to the most recent scholarship . . . a pleasure to read.’ European Judaism
Author : Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1580236278
This fresh approach to prayer is for all who wish to appreciate the power of prayer's poetry and song, jump into its ceremonies and rituals and join the age-old conversation that Jews have had with God. Reb Zalman, one of the most important Jewish spiritual teachers in contemporary American Judaism, offers you new ways to pray, new channels for communicating with God and new opportunities to open your heart to God's response.
Author : Central Conference of American Rabbis/CCAR Press
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 16,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881231069
Author : Lawrence A. Hoffman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN : 9781879045798
Author : Batsheva Goldman-Ida
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004290265
Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah presents eight case studies of manuscripts, ritual objects, and folk art developed by Hasidic masters in the mid-eighteenth to late nineteenth centuries, whose form and decoration relate to sources in the Zohar, German Pietism, and Safed Kabbalah. Examined at the delicate and difficult to define interface between seemingly simple, folk art and complex ideological and conceptual outlooks which contain deep, abstract symbols, the study touches on aspects of object history, intellectual history, the decorative arts, and the history of religion. Based on original texts, the focus of this volume is on the subjective experience of the user at the moment of ritual, applying tenets of process philosophy and literary theory – Wolfgang Iser, Gaston Bachelard, and Walter Benjamin – to the analysis of objects.
Author : Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0805211470
From one of the world's most famous and respected rabbis—"a practical explanation of Jewish worship from a spiritual slant" (Detroit Free Press). For both the novice and for those who have been engaged in prayer for years, here is the one guide needed to practice Jewish prayer and understand the prayer book. From the origins and meaning of worship to a step-by-step explanation of the daily prayers to the reason you're not supposed to chat with your friends during services, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz answers many of the questions likely to arise about Jewish prayer. Here are chapters on daily prayer; Sabbath prayer; prayer services for the holidays; the yearly cycle of synagogue Bible readings; the history and makeup of the synagogue; the different prayer rites for Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Yemenites, and other cultural/geographic groupings; the role of the rabbi and the cantor in the synagogue; and the role of music in the service.
Author : Mike Comins
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1580234178
Join over fifty Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the why and how of prayer: how prayer changes us and how to discern a response from God. In this fascinating forum, they share the challenges of prayer, what it means to pray, how to develop your own personal prayer voice, and how to rediscover meaning and God's presence in the traditional Jewish prayer book. Book jacket.
Author : Ariel Evan Mayse
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0812252187
A study of the life and work of 'the Maggid"—a major figure in the mystical thought of early Hasidism Enshrined in Jewish memory simply as "the Maggid" (preacher), Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman of Mezritsh (1704-1772) played a critical role in the formation of Hasidism, the movement of mystical renewal that became one of the most important and successful forces in modern Jewish life. In Speaking Infinities, Ariel Evan Mayse turns to the homilies of the Maggid to explore the place of words in mystical experience. He argues that the Maggid's theory of language is the key to unpacking his abstract mystical theology as well as his teachings on the devotional life and religious practice. Mayse shows how Dov Ber's vision of language emerges from his encounters with Ba'al Shem Tov (the BeSHT), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, whose teaching put forward a vision of radical divine immanence. Taking the BeSHT's notion of God's immanence as a kind of linguistic vitality echoing in the cosmos, Dov Ber developed a theory of language in which all human tongues, even in their mundane forms, have the potential to become sacred when returned to their divine source. Analyzing homilies and theological meditations on language, Mayse demonstrates that Dov Ber was an innovative thinker and contends that, in many respects, it was Dov Ber, rather than the BeSHT, who was the true founder of Hasidism as it took root, and the foremost shaper of its early theology. Speaking Infinities offers an exploration of this introspective mystic's life, gleaned from scattered anecdotes, legends, and historical sources, distinguishing the historical personage from the figure that emerges from the composite array of textual and oral traditions that have shaped the memory of the Maggid and his legacy.