A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0385526865
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Book Synopsis A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book by : Aliza Lavie

Download or read book A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book written by Aliza Lavie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and moving one-of-a-kind collection that draws from a variety of Jewish traditions, through the ages, to commemorate every occasion and every passage in the cycle of life, including: Special prayers for the Sabbath, holidays, and important dates of the Jewish year Prayers to mark celebratory milestones, such as bat mitzva, marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth Prayers for companionship, love, and fertility Prayers for healing, strength, and personal growth Prayers for daily reflection and thanksgiving Prayers for comfort and understanding in times of tragedy and loss On the eve of Yom Kippur in 2002, Aliza Lavie, a university professor, read an interview with an Israeli woman who had lost both her mother and her baby daughter in a terrorist attack. As Lavie stood in the synagogue later that evening, she searched for comfort for the bereaved woman, for a reminder that she was not alone but part of a great tradition of Jewish women who have responded to unbearable loss with strength and fortitude. Unable to find sufficient solace within the traditional prayer book and inspired by the memory of her own grandmother’s steadfast knowledge and faith, Lavie began researching and compiling prayers written for and by Jewish women. A Jewish Woman’s Prayer Book is the result—a beautiful and moving one-of-a-kind collection that draws from a variety of Jewish traditions, through the ages, to commemorate every occasion and every passage in the cycle of life, from the mundane to the extraordinary. This elegant, inspiring volume includes special prayers for the Sabbath and holidays and important dates of the Jewish year; prayers to mark celebratory milestones, such as bat mitzva, marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth; and prayers for comfort and understanding in times of tragedy and loss. Each prayer is presented in Hebrew and in an English translation, along with fascinating commentary on its origins and allusions. Culled from a wide range of sources, both geographically and historically, this collection testifies that women's prayers were—and continue to be—an inspired expression of personal supplication and desire.

Hours of Devotion

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Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0307486052
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Hours of Devotion by : Dinah Berland

Download or read book Hours of Devotion written by Dinah Berland and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the nineteenth century, rediscovered in the twenty-first, timeless in its wisdom and beauty, Hours of Devotion by Fanny Neuda, (the daughter of a Moravian rabbi), was the first full-length book of Jewish prayers written by a woman for women. In her moving introduction to this volume--the first edition of Neuda’s prayer book to appear in English for more than a century--editor Dinah Berland describes her serendipitous discovery of Hours of Devotion in a Los Angeles used bookstore. She had been estranged from her son for eleven years, and the prayers she found in the book provided immediate comfort, giving her the feeling that someone understood both her pain and her hope. Eventually, these prayers would also lead her back to Jewish study and toward a deeper practice of her Judaism. Originally published in German, Fanny Neuda’s popular prayer book was reprinted more than two dozen times in German and appeared in Yiddish and English editions between 1855 and 1918. Working with a translator, Berland has carefully brought the prayers into modern English and set them into verse to fully realize their poetry. Many of these eighty-eight prayers, as well as Neuda’s own preface and afterword, appear here in English for the first time, opening a window to a Jewish woman’s life in Central Europe during the Enlightenment. Reading “A Daughter’s Prayer for Her Parents,” “On the Approach of Childbirth,” “For a Mother Whose Child Is Abroad,” and the other prayers for both daily and momentous occasions, one cannot help but feel connected to the women who’ve come before. For Berland, Hours of Devotion served as a guide and a testament to the mystery and power of prayer. Fanny Neuda’s remarkable spirit and faith in God, displayed throughout these heartfelt prayers, now offer the same hope of guidance to others.

The Merit of Our Mothers

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Publisher : Hebrew Union College Press
ISBN 13 : 0878201513
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (782 download)

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Book Synopsis The Merit of Our Mothers by : Tracy G Klirs

Download or read book The Merit of Our Mothers written by Tracy G Klirs and published by Hebrew Union College Press. This book was released on 1992-05-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries Jewish prayer was so dominated by its male creators and male readers that the Jewish woman's role in prayer seems to have been all but obliterated. Yet Jewish women have always prayed and, before prayer became standardized into a formal liturgy, Israelite women offered up spontaneous petitions and hymns to God as freely as did men. While they may not have been able to help constitute a minyan, and while many did not know Hebrew or Aramaic, women produced and used material for prayer at home. The Yiddish tkhines had its origin in a form of supplicatory prayer in the Talmud, whose original intent was to allow for individual private devotion during the standard prayer service. The private Yiddish prayers and devotions for Jewish women continued to use this term. They emerged in the world of premodern Ashkenazic Jewry and represent one of the richest and least-known forms of Jewish religious literature. Because modern sensibility seemed to reject them, and because Yiddish was quickly forgotten by second and third generation Jews in the West, they have been sadly neglected. Although a few have been individually translated into English, this is the first bilingual anthology ever to appear. The prayers in this volume are characterized by a highly personal and intimate style and mark occasions in the religious calendar, such as the Tkhine for the Blessing of the New Moon, as well as occasions in the life of a woman, such as the Tkhine for a Mother who Leads Her Child to Kheyder for the First Time. The tkhines are of great appeal and value to those who wish to hear the voices of Jewish women in history, study Yiddish literature and culture, or create new expressions of spirituality.

Seyder Tkhines

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Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0827607733
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Seyder Tkhines by : Devra Kay

Download or read book Seyder Tkhines written by Devra Kay and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seyder Tkhines, translated from its original Yiddish by noted tkhines scholar, Devra Kay, and centerpiece of this groundbreaking work, was a standard Yiddish prayer book for women. It first appeared in Amsterdam in 1648, and continued to be published for the next three generations, usually inside the Hebrew synagogue prayer book. A product of an age when mysticism pervaded mainstream Judaism, the Seyder Tkhines provided women with newly composed, alternative daily prayers that were more specific to their needs. Included in this volume is a unique Yiddish manuscript dating from the 17th century ? a collection of prayers written specifically for a rich, pregnant woman, which Kay discovered among the rare books of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. Now, for the first time, these prayers have been skillfully translated and brought to public view. In addition to her translations, Kay presents her own extensive commentary, providing a deeper understanding of the historic, religious, and cultural background of this period in Jewish history. This unparalleled book will have special appeal to those interested in the social, literary, and religious history of women, as well as the history of the Yiddish language and literature. The interest in these forgotten prayers and their significance to the lives of women has now been revived, and these tkhines are ready to be rediscovered by a modern readership.

סדר תפלות נדה, חלה, הדלקה

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Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
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Download or read book סדר תפלות נדה, חלה, הדלקה written by Nina Beth Cardin and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A presentation of prayers in their original Italian form, accompanied by an English translation and insightful commentary. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Voices of the Matriarchs

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Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807036174
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (361 download)

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Book Synopsis Voices of the Matriarchs by : Chava Weissler

Download or read book Voices of the Matriarchs written by Chava Weissler and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-11-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998 With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish prayers women created during centuries of exclusion from men's observance. In Weissler's hands, these prayers (called thkines) open a new window into early modern European Jewish women's lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God.

Service of the Heart

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Publisher : Mosaica Press
ISBN 13 : 9781937887568
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Book Synopsis Service of the Heart by : Ruchi Koval

Download or read book Service of the Heart written by Ruchi Koval and published by Mosaica Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Daughters of the King

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Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0827604416
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Daughters of the King by : Susan Grossman

Download or read book Daughters of the King written by Susan Grossman and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1992 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughters of the King explores women's involvement in and around the synagogue from its antecedents in the bibical period to contemporary times. The contributors to the book, including Susan Grossman, Rivka Haut, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Judith Hauptman, Paula Hyman, and others, represent an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, drawing from history, anthropology, sociology, women's studies, Jewish law, the Bible, and rabbinic thought.

Sefer Ha-berakhot

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Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807010174
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Sefer Ha-berakhot by : Marcia Falk

Download or read book Sefer Ha-berakhot written by Marcia Falk and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of blessings, poems, meditations, and rituals presented in English and Hebrew offers a traditional perspective to weekday, Sabbath, and New Moon festival observances.

A Book of Jewish Women's Prayers

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis A Book of Jewish Women's Prayers by : Norman Tarnor

Download or read book A Book of Jewish Women's Prayers written by Norman Tarnor and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation with commentary of the Yiddish techinot (prayers), once extremely popular among Eastern European Jews.

The Art of Jewish Prayer

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ISBN 13 : 9781880582831
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (828 download)

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Book Synopsis The Art of Jewish Prayer by : Yitzchok Kirzner

Download or read book The Art of Jewish Prayer written by Yitzchok Kirzner and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on prayer any other--refreshing, relevant, exciting, deep, and invigorating. Each down-to-earth page is filled with stimulating that make prayer come alive, that transform it into the most relevant of human activities, that make it what it should and can be--moments of strength and power, the miracle of man's ability to talk the God and know that God is actually listening.

When Women Pray

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Publisher : FaithWords
ISBN 13 : 1546015574
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis When Women Pray by : T. D. Jakes

Download or read book When Women Pray written by T. D. Jakes and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find power in your prayer like never before with this inspiring guide from #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T.D. Jakes. In a time when women carry more influence than any other generation, the power of prayer has never been more important to remind us that we do not have to bear our crosses alone. We need prayer to stand guard over our hearts and minds and over the hearts and minds of our families. Women today are shattering glass ceilings and forging new paths in the world. What Happens When a Woman Prays is a clarion call for women to continue their progressive march of empowerment by dreaming like their daughters and praying like their grandmothers. Through exploring the lives of 10 prayer-filled women of the Bible, Bishop Jakes emphasizes the life-changing power that women have when they find their identity, their strength, their healing, and their voices in Christ.

משכן תפלה

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Publisher : CCAR Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881231045
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis משכן תפלה by : Elyse D. Frishman

Download or read book משכן תפלה written by Elyse D. Frishman and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traditions

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Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786863815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (638 download)

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Book Synopsis Traditions by : Avram Davis

Download or read book Traditions written by Avram Davis and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1998-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRADITIONS is a treasure chest of ancient, traditional, and modern Jewish blessings positioned between two strong currents of reader interest--an enthusiasm for recovering the lost wealth of Judaism and the universal quest for invigorating our daily lives with simple spirituality. Illustrated with stunning modern and archival photography of historical artifacts, religious symbols, and practical elements.

Prayers of Jewish Women

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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161488504
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (885 download)

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Book Synopsis Prayers of Jewish Women by : Markus H. McDowell

Download or read book Prayers of Jewish Women written by Markus H. McDowell and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Markus McDowell examines how the literature of the Second Temple period portrays women at prayer through an examination of the literary context and character of those prayers. The goal of this work is a greater understanding of how women were portrayed in literary sources and an offering of some fresh insights for the study of women's religious and social roles in the ancient world. The texts are analyzed and categorized within five areas: social location, content, form, occasion, and gender perspective. The prayers are also compared and contrasted with men's prayers in the same sources. The analysis includes locating (as much as possible) the historical, literary, and cultic context of each document in which these prayers appear. By examining all prayers in these texts uttered by women (not just prayers of named or prominent women), and then comparing them with all the prayers of men in those same texts, certain patterns appear. This study adds to our knowledge of women and religion in Second Temple Judaism by primarily exploring patterns that appear among the prayers in the literature of the Second Temple period. While there are fewer prayers by women than men in this literature, the prayers of women are not portrayed as significantly different from those of men in terms of social location, content, form, or occasion. At the same time, the prayers of women exhibit other patterns of language - and in a minor way, form and occasion - that differ from the prayers of men.

Angels at the Table

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441110232
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Angels at the Table by : Yvette Alt Miller

Download or read book Angels at the Table written by Yvette Alt Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative and personal, this is an introduction to all aspects of a traditional Jewish Shabbat, providing both an inspirational call to observe this weekly holiday and a comprehensive resource.

A Gift of Prayer

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Publisher : Urj Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807408070
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis A Gift of Prayer by : Women of Reform Judaism (U.S.)

Download or read book A Gift of Prayer written by Women of Reform Judaism (U.S.) and published by Urj Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federation Temple sisterhoods, has collected the writings of its members and of women rabbis to create this books of personal prayers, poetry, reflections and meditations for every occasion in a women's life.