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To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service » (Reissue)

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Authors: Hayim H. Donin
ISBN-13: 9780465086337, ISBN-10: 0465086330
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: October 1991
Edition: Reissue

Author Biography: Hayim H. Donin

Hayim Halevy Donin established himself as an incomparable teacher and interpreter of Jewish law and practice through his classic book To Be a Jew. For twenty years he was Rabbi of Congregation B’nai David in Southfield, Michigan, where he was also Adjunct Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Detroit. Rabbi Donin held a Ph.D. in Education and was also the founder and president of the Akiva Hebrew Day School in Detroit.

Book Synopsis

"Rabbi Donin offers a detailed guide to Jewish prayer which takes the reader through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, offering historical background, religious teaching, and practical in"

Hadassah Magazine

A lucid and sensitive guide for those who would like to pray Jewishly but don't know how.... A boon to both Jewish teachers and laymen.

	Preface	xvii
	Chronology of Ages in Jewish History	xxiii
	Key to Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Citations	xxiv
	Contemporary Works Mentioned in Citations	xxvi
	Key to Pronunciation of Transliterated Words	xxvii
	Introduction	3
Chapter 1	The Quest for Spirituality	9
Chapter 2	To Feel at Home in the Synagogue: Knowing What to do	23
Chapter 3	The Shemoneh Esrei: the Amidah of "Eighteen" Blessings	69
Chapter 4	The Amidah for the Sabbath and Festivals	109
Chapter 5	Kedushah and Other Additions to the Amidah	122
Chapter 6	The Shema and its Blessings	144
Chapter 7	The Verses of Song--Pesukei d'Zimra (The Introductory Prayers)	167
Chapter 8	The Morning Blessings--Birkhot Hashahar (The Preliminary Prayers)	183
Chapter 9	Supplications and Other Supplementary Prayers	202
Chapter 10	The Kaddish	216
Chapter 11	Responses in Prayer	227
Chapter 12	The Torah Reading Service	231
Chapter 13	Welcoming the Sabbath: Kabbalat Shabbat	256
Chapter 14	Prayers for Special Occasions	264
Chapter 15	The Grace After Meals: Birkat Hamazon	284
Chapter 16	The Blessings Before Eating: Birkhot Hanehenin	305
Chapter 17	Home Prayers for Sabbaths and Festivals	319
Chapter 18	Rules Relating to the Prayer Service	337
	Epilogue: The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Prayer	357
Appendix	A Table of Torah and Haftarah Readings for the Festivals and Other Special Occasions	363
	Index to Jewish Values and Principles of Faith	367
	Index	369

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