Rituals category: 373 books
Radical Responsibility
Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Celebrating one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our time, Radical Responsibility brings together thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought to explore the intellectual legacy of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Centred on the fundamental themes of his work, ethics, justice, religion, and...
The Coming of Lilith
Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics, 1972-2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This first collection of Judith Plaskow's essays and short writings traces her scholarly and personal journey from her early days as a graduate student through her pioneering contributions to both feminist theology and Jewish feminism to her recent work in sexual ethics.
Accessibly organized...
by William Wynn Wescott
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
The Sepher Yetzirah is the oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts. Its exact origins are unknown, and hotly debated. Some scholars believe it might have an early Medieval origin, while others emphasize earlier traditions appearing in the book. When properly understood, Sepher Yetzirah...
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
IN THE LATE 1950's, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, better known as 'Reb Zalman,' penned what was perhaps the first book on Jewish meditation and contemplative Judaism in English. It was called, The First Step: A Primer of a Jew's Spiritual Life, and was printed in a simple stapled booklet edition...
Keeping God at the Center
Contemplating and Using the Prayerbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Keeping God at the Center is informative as well as instructional. It contains four kinds of teaching: first, insights derived from pondering the meaning of selected phrases and prayers from the traditional liturgy; second: four chapters on the personalist theology behind traditional Jewish prayer;...
Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Revised Edition
How the Words You Choose Shape Your Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rebbe comes this newly revised edition of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal—an invaluable guide in how choosing the right words can enrich our relationships and give us insight to improve every facet of our lives.
“I don’t know anyone whose...
by Julius Wellhausen
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Prolegomena To The History Of Israel by the German biblical scholar and orientalist, Julius Wellhausen.In the course of his career, he moved from Old Testament research through Islamic studies to New Testament scholarship. Wellhausen contributed to the composition history of the Pentateuch/Torah and...
by Bernard Levine
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
How sad and what a terrible tragedy it is, that the Jewish nation, the 'People of the Book' does not believe in Jesus.
The Jews are obsessed with following, keeping and obeying all the many man-made laws and traditions which their Rabbis have compiled.
Because the blood sacrifices of the Old Testament...
by Leo Baeck, Irving Howe, Victor Grubenwieser
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
First published in German in 1905 as Das Wesen des Judentums, Leo Baeck’s The Essence of Judaism is perhaps the most widely read example of German Jewish scholarship in the 20th century. Written as a response to Adolf von Harnack’s lectures Das Wesen des Christentums (The Essence of Christianity),...
Studying the Torah
A Guide to in-Depth Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
The traditional Jew has always accepted the study of Torah as central to his or her way of life. But without the ability to effectively analyze and interpret the text, one misses the opportunity to gain a deep and authentic appreciation of the Torah's beauty and profundity. In Studying the Torah:...
Celebrating Interfaith Marriages
Creating Your Jewish/Christian Ceremony
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The first comprehensive wedding guide specifically for the Jewish/Christian couple who wants to honor both religious traditions in their service, vows, and readings.
Saying "I do" is one of the happiest moments in a couple's life together--but planning that trip to the altar can be...
Jewish Magic and Superstition
A Study in Folk Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from...
Mixing Musics
Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a Sacred Song
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
This book traces the mixing of musical forms and practices in Istanbul to illuminate multiethnic music-making and its transformations across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It focuses on the Jewish religious repertoire known as the Maftirim, which developed in parallel with "secular"...
by Libi Astaire
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
"The world is built with kindness," King David wrote in Psalm 83. And he should know. He was the great-grandson of Ruth, the Jewish convert who became known as the embodiment of kindness—and whose story we read on the holiday of Shavuos.
Like Ruth before them, the Chassidic masters,...