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About This Book
An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memoryâours and God'sâis so central to people.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributorsâmen and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominationsâexamine the history and ideas behind Yizkor, the Jewish memorial service, and this fascinating chapter in Jewish piety.
Featuring the traditional prayersâprovided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translationâthis fourth volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the profound theological questions at the core of this service and our own humanity: What happens to us after we die? Is there really an afterlife? Does our fate after death depend on the goodness with which we have pursued our earthly life? And more.
Prayers of Awe: A multi-volume series designed to explore the High Holy Day liturgy and enrich the praying experience for everyoneâwhether experienced worshipers or guests who encounter Jewish prayer for the very first time.
Contributors:
Yoram Bitton
Dr. Annette M. Boeckler
Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler
Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander, CM, DHL
Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof, PhD ( z"l )
Dr. Eric L. Friedland
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL
Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD
Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur
Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar
Rabbi Daniel Landes
Catherine Madsen
Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD
Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD
Rabbi Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD
Rabbi Jay Henry Moses
Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD
Rabbi Jakob J. Petuchowski, PhD ( z"l )
Rabbi Jack Riemer
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Rabbi David Stern
Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD
Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD
Dr. Ron Wolfson
Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel
Dr. Wendy Zierler
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Yizkor and Memorial in Jewish Tradition
- Part II: Historical Insights
- Part III: The Liturgy
- Part IV: Interpretations and Reflections
- Appendix A: Full Text of Hashkavah, the Sephardi Memorial Prayer, with Translation
- Appendix B: El Malei Rachamim: A Chronicle from the Chmielnicki Pogroms
- Appendix C: El Malei Rachamim: Music of 1888
- Notes
- Glossary
- About the Editor
- Copyright
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