Entering The High Holy Days: A Complete Guide To The History, Prayers And Themes

Book Summary


The classic guide to the most important days of the Jewish year A National Jewish Book Award Winner The High Holy Days?Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?are for many Jews the highlight of the Jewish year, as well as perhaps the occasion of their only visit to their congregation for services. The liturgy for the Days of Awe are the longest and most complex of the year, leaving a large number of attendees without a complete understanding of the occasion's significance. Entering The High Holy Days provides historical background and interpretation of the ideas, practices, and liturgy and lends them contemporary relevance to today's Jews.

Book Details


Book Name Entering The High Holy Days: A Complete Guide To The History, Prayers And Themes
Author Reuven Hammer
Publisher Jewish Publication Society Of America (Aug 2005)
ISBN 9780827608214
Pages 252
Language English
Price 1040
 
 

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