This superb book will open a window onto a whole new world for its readers, helping them understand and appreciate six of the most commonly misunderstood prayers found in every standard Jewish prayerbook.
Why We Pray What We Pray recounts the history of six important Jewish prayers and discusses how and when Jews recite them. This book shows that each of these prayers (Shema, Nishmat, Birkat HaHodesh, Anim Zemirot, Aleinu and Kaddish) has a complex history of which contemporary worshippers are mostly unaware. When we learn about the factors and forces that shaped these prayers and Jewish liturgy in general, our appreciation of Jewish worship becomes much more profound. Why We Pray What We Pray also details important moments in Jewish history in depth.
Hardcover, 313 pages publication: 2010
Rabbi Dr. Barry Freundel is the author of Contemporary Orthodox Judaism s Response to Modernity and the Rabbi of Congregation Kesher Israel in Washington DC. Rabbi Freundel serves as vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and chair of its Geirus Policies and Standards Committee, where he helped create and administer the RCA s network of North American conversion courts. He is also Associate Professor of Religion at Towson University and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Rabbi Freundel is married to Sharon Freundel, the director of Hebrew and Judaic studies at a Jewish day school in Washington DC and a registered nurse, and they have three children.
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https://www.judaicawebstore.com/-why-we-pray-what-we-pray-the-remarkable-history-of-jewish-prayer-hardcover-p661789480 Why We Pray What We Pray: The Remarkable History of Jewish Prayer (Hardcover)https://www.judaicawebstore.com/media/catalog/product/W/h/Why-We-Pray-What-We-Pray-The-Remarkable-History-of-Jewish-Prayer-Hardcover_large.jpg24.9524.95USDOutOfStock/Judaica/Jewish Books/Tefillah - Jewish Prayer Books/Judaica/Jewish Books/Judaism/New & Best Sellers35993698 <P><STRONG>by Rabbi Dr. Barry Freundel </STRONG></P> <P>This superb book will open a window onto a whole new world for its readers, helping them understand and appreciate six of the most commonly misunderstood prayers found in every standard Jewish prayerbook.</P> <P>Why We Pray What We Pray recounts the history of six important Jewish prayers and discusses how and when Jews recite them. This book shows that each of these prayers (Shema, Nishmat, Birkat HaHodesh, Anim Zemirot, Aleinu and Kaddish) has a complex history of which contemporary worshippers are mostly unaware. When we learn about the factors and forces that shaped these prayers and Jewish liturgy in general, our appreciation of Jewish worship becomes much more profound. <EM>Why We Pray What We Pray</EM> also details important moments in Jewish history in depth. </P> <P><STRONG>Hardcover, 313 pages <BR>publication: 2010 </STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Rabbi Dr. Barry Freundel </STRONG>is the author of <EM>Contemporary Orthodox Judaism s Response to Modernity</EM> and the Rabbi of Congregation Kesher Israel in Washington DC. Rabbi Freundel serves as vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and chair of its Geirus Policies and Standards Committee, where he helped create and administer the RCA s network of North American conversion courts. He is also Associate Professor of Religion at Towson University and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Rabbi Freundel is married to Sharon Freundel, the director of Hebrew and Judaic studies at a Jewish day school in Washington DC and a registered nurse, and they have three children.</P>00add-to-cartUrim
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