Yoel Kahn: 1 book
The Three Blessings
Boundaries, Censorship, and Identity in Jewish Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2010
In the traditional Jewish liturgy, a man thanks God daily for not having been made a gentile, a woman, or a slave. Yoel Kahn traces the history of this prayer from its extra-Jewish origins to the present, demonstrating how different generations and communities understood the significance of these...
