To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue ServiceA distinguished guide to Jewish prayer Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings? From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin guides readers of To Pray as a Jew through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, passage by passage, ritual by ritual, in this handsome and indispensable guide to Jewish prayer. Unexcelled for beginners as well as the religiously observant, To Pray as a Jew is intended to show the way, to enlighten, and hopefully to inspire. |
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Adonai Aleinu aliyah Amidah Ashkenazic atah Barukh begins Berakhot Biblical bimah Birkat Blessed art Thou called commandments concludes congregation customary daily Deut Divine Eretz Yisrael faith Father God's Grace Haftarah halakhic Hallel Hanukkah Havdalah Hebrew holidays Holy Israel Jerusalem Jews Judaism Kaddish Kedushah Kiddush King kohanim kohen Lord Maariv Megillah mercy Mishnah mitzvah Moses Musaf Amidah Numbers nusah passage person Pesukei d'Zimra piyyut praise pray prayer books Prayer Leader prayer service Priestly Blessing Prophets Psalm Rabbi recited redemption religious rite ritual Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hodesh Sabbath Sabbaths and festivals sacrifices sages sanctified second blessing Sephardic Shabbat Shaharit Shema Shemoneh Esrei siddur spiritual synagogue Tahanun tallit Talmud tefillin Temple thanksgiving Thee tion Tisha b'Av Torah reading Torah scroll tradition tzitzit verse weekday words worship Yom Kippur אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר אֶת אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה הוּא וְעַל יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי כָּל עַל