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Title: Entering the High Holy Days: A Guide to the Origins, Themes, and Prayers by Reuven Hammer ISBN: 0-8276-0609-5 Publisher: Jewish Publication Society Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: don't read this without your prayerbook next to you
Comment: This book was certainly useful for what it is - a rather dry laundry list of High Holy day prayers and explanations of same. If you have the prayerbook next to you while reading Hammer's book, you can get a brief explanation of each prayer and its context from the latter- certainly a worthwhile task. But I don't think you would get much out of this learned but less-than-lively book otherwise, and I also think Max Arzt's Justice and Mercy (which Hammer, to his credit, cites) covered the same material in much more detail some decades ago.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rabbi Hammer Hits a Home Run
Comment: Rabbi Hammer has organized a passagway that takes you through the prayer texts of the Yamim Noraim. This is a must use for either Adult Ed knowledgeable Jews or those looking for meaning and engagement in the classic religious texts. He brings understanding, and a historical context to otherwise obscure piyutim (poems) and rabbinicly organized prayers. It can be used alongside the Machzor( (prayerbook) as the service unfolds or as a preparation for the spiritual journey of the most important ten days of the year for the jews.
Rating: 4
Summary: Entering the High Holy Days:
Comment: This book provides a summary to the the liturgy, and services, of the High Holy Days. Hammer gives historical information for the prayers, and services, that take place on these sacred days. This is book is a mature, serious approach to the Days of Awe. This by no means it is unapproachable. It is quite readable. Readers who want a deeper understanding of the origins of the prayers, and services, will enjoy this book. People will learn about what the days hold in terms of what the liturgy holds for the worshipper and how the prayers came to exist in their current form. The first three chapters set the stage for this period by describing the development, meanings and preparing for the holidays. Following chapters take up each service in turn.
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Title: Entering Jewish Prayer : A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service by Reuven Hammer ISBN: 0805210229 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 03 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Days of Awe : A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days by Shmuel Yosef Agnon ISBN: 0805210482 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 22 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Guide to Jewish Prayer by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ISBN: 0805211470 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals by Reuven Hammer ISBN: 0916219208 Publisher: The Rabbinical Assembly Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Exploring Exodus : The Origins of Biblical Israel by Nahum M. Sarna ISBN: 0805210636 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 02 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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