Guide to Jewish Prayer

Name: Guide to Jewish Prayer
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ISBN: 9780805211474

ISBN-10: 0805211470

ISBN-13: 9780805211474

Edition: N/A

Authors: Adin Steinsaltz

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One of the world's leading rabbis offers a complete guide to the principles, rituals, and practice of Jewish prayer as he discusses prayers for every occasion--from everyday petitions to holiday rites--and answers questions about Jewish holidays, scriptural readings, the role of the rabbi and cantor.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.95" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is the editor and translator of Random House's twenty-two-volume edition of the Talmud. He is also the author of many volumes on Jewish thought and practice and has been a resident scholar at both Yale University and the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1988 he was invited to open a Judaic studies center in Moscow, the first such institution in the former Soviet Union in sixty years. Rabbi Steinsaltz lives in Israel.



Introduction



Prayer



The Prayer Book



The Essence of Prayer



Individual and Communal Prayer



Men and Women



Kavvanah



History



The History of the Siddur



Prayer Rites



The Order of Prayer Services



Weekday Prayer Services



Shabbat



Festivals



Days of Awe



Special Days



Torah Readings



The Synagogue and Communal Prayer



The Synagogue



The Shaliah Tzibbur



Prayer Accessories



The Music of Prayer


Appendices


Glossary of Terms


Biographies


Bibliographical Notes


The Jewish Months and the Festivals and Special Days That Occur in Each of Them


Index