Gates of Understanding: Shaarei Bina, for the Days of Awe
Lawrence Hoffman; Chaim Stern; A. Stanley Dreyfus; Lawrence A. Hoffman
ISBN 10: 0916694844 ISBN 13: 9780916694845
Published by Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2009
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A religious commentary to help High Holy Day worshippers unlock the message behing the liturgy.
About the Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.His many books, written and edited, include seven volumes in the Prayers of Awe series: Who by Fire, Who by Water Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows Kol Nidre; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism Ashamnu and Al Chet; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism Yizkor; All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days; Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu Our Father, Our King; and Encountering God: El Rachum V'chanun God Merciful and Gracious. Hoffman also edited the ten-volume series My People s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and coedited My People s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Hoffman cofounded and developed Synagogue 2/3000, a transdenominational project to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century. In that capacity, he wrote Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life (Jewish Lights).
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Title: Gates of Understanding: Shaarei Bina, for ...
Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
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