To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue Service
Rabbi Donin offers a detailed guide to Jewish prayer which takes the reader through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, offering historical background, religious teaching, and practical instruction for each element of the service.Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings? From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves, Rabbi Donin guides...
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"Rabbi Donin offers a detailed guide to Jewish prayer which takes the reader through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, offering historical background, religious teaching, and practical in" Hadassah Magazine A lucid and sensitive guide for those who would like to pray Jewishly but don't know how.... A boon to both Jewish teachers and laymen.
PrefacexviiChronology of Ages in Jewish HistoryxxiiiKey to Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in CitationsxxivContemporary Works Mentioned in CitationsxxviKey to Pronunciation of Transliterated WordsxxviiIntroduction3Chapter 1The Quest for Spirituality9Chapter 2To Feel at Home in the Synagogue: Knowing What to do23Chapter 3The Shemoneh Esrei: the Amidah of "Eighteen" Blessings69Chapter 4The Amidah for the Sabbath and Festivals109Chapter 5Kedushah and Other Additions to the Amidah122Chapter 6The Shema and its Blessings144Chapter 7The Verses of Song--Pesukei d'Zimra (The Introductory Prayers)167Chapter 8The Morning Blessings--Birkhot Hashahar (The Preliminary Prayers)183Chapter 9Supplications and Other Supplementary Prayers202Chapter 10The Kaddish216Chapter 11Responses in Prayer227Chapter 12The Torah Reading Service231Chapter 13Welcoming the Sabbath: Kabbalat Shabbat256Chapter 14Prayers for Special Occasions264Chapter 15The Grace After Meals: Birkat Hamazon284Chapter 16The Blessings Before Eating: Birkhot Hanehenin305Chapter 17Home Prayers for Sabbaths and Festivals319Chapter 18Rules Relating to the Prayer Service337Epilogue: The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Prayer357AppendixA Table of Torah and Haftarah Readings for the Festivals and Other Special Occasions363Index to Jewish Values and Principles of Faith367Index369
\ Hadassah MagazineA lucid and sensitive guide for those who would like to pray Jewishly but don't know how.... A boon to both Jewish teachers and laymen.\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyTo Pray As a Jew, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin's companion to his classic work To Be a Jew, will be reissued in September by Basic Books. The book functions as an accessible guide to the prayer book and the synagogue service, covering every detail of Jewish prayer and ritual. Donin answers such specific questions as: What religious objects are kissed before use? What are the 18 blessings of the Shemoneh Esrei? What are the roles of the gabbaim during the service? This definitive guide to the siddur, published just in time for the High Holy Days, will be deeply appreciated by a new generation of readers. (Sept. 15) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \
