To Pray As a Jew
A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service
Basic Books · Print & ebook · August 13, 2019
A distinguished guide to Jewish prayer Why do Jews pray?
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- Who it’s for
- Plainspoken guidance for reading, using, and returning to Jewish prayer.
- Genres
- Jewish Prayerbooks, Jewish Rituals & Practice, Prayer
- Published
- Basic Books, August 13, 2019
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A distinguished guide to Jewish prayer Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings?
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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.
Prayer, Made Clear
Plainspoken guidance for reading, using, and returning to Jewish prayer.
Come here for
- prayer book guidance
- synagogue service basics
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- reference-friendly structure
- daily-use practicality
Where it sits
| Jewish Rituals & Practice | 64% |
|---|---|
| Jewish Prayerbooks | 55% |
| Prayer | 37% |
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Publisher categories
- Jewish Literary Criticism
- Comparative Religion
- Jewish Scriptures
- Psychology of Religion
- Authors
- Hayim H. Donin, Hayim Halevy Donin, Haskel Lookstein
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- August 13, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Jewish Literary Criticism