- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year.
This compelling companion to Yom Kippur Readings helps create a bridge between the words of our ancestors and the meanings, themes and ideas that are the central spiritual agenda of the life of the modern Jew.
Drawn from a variety of sourcesâancient, medieval, modern, Jewish and non-Jewishâthis selection of readings, prayers and insights explores the opportunities for inspiration and reflection inherent in the subjects addressed on the Jewish New Year: sin, repentance, personal and social change, societal justice, forgiveness, spiritual growth, living with joy and hope, commitment to high ideals, becoming our truest and most authentic selves, deepening our capacity to love and savoring the divine gift of life. These readings enable you to enter into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe in a personal and powerful way while they uplift and inform. They will add to the benefits of your High Holy Day experience year after year.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Opening Meditations and Thoughts
- The Month of Elul: Preparing for the Days of Awe
- Beginning Our Search for Words and Prayers
- Words of Faith: Hear O Israel!
- Standing before God: The Shacharit Amidah
- Avinu Malkenu
- Roots and Themes from the Torah
- Inspiration from the Prophets
- Tikâu Va-Chodesh Shofar: The Blowing of the Shofar
- Yom Haâzikaron: The Day of Remembrance
- Repentance
- Uânetaneh Tokef: Repentance, Prayer, and Justice Can Annul the Decree
- Vâkhol Maâaminim: That Which We All Believe
- Various Aspects of the Musaf Amidah
- Malkhuyot, Zikhronot, Shofarot: God Rules, God Remembers, God Listens
- Today the World Was Created
- Rosh Hashanah Rituals and Customs
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
- About the Contributors
- Credits
- About Jewish Lights
- Copyright