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Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur survival kit / Shimon Apisdorf.
LIBRA BM675.H5 Z717 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Apisdorf, Shimon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maḥzor. High Holidays.
- Maḥzor.
- High Holidays--Liturgy.
- High Holidays.
- Judaism--Liturgy.
- Judaism.
- Spiritual life--Judaism.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 156, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Newly rev. & expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Leviathan Press, ©1997.
- Summary:
- "The Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit allows you to understand the prayers before saying them; appreciate the hidden meaning behind the sounds of the shofar; gain insights into Yom Kippur as an opportunity for personal growth; access new keys to your ultimate potential; follow the services, discover their relevance to life - and - never be bored again!"--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: So Much To Do, So Little Time
- 2. Prologue: What's a Holiday?
- 3. Survival Kit User's Guide
- 4. How to Survive Synagogue
- 5. "Ask a Jew a Question..."
- 6. Seven Questions People Ask About Rosh Hashanah
- 7. Take a Walk, Break-up a Stone, Listen to the Music, Act Like a Tree and Grow
- 8. Highlights of the Rosh Hashanah Morning Service
- 9. Morning Torah Readings: The Big Bang Theory of Rosh Hashanah
- 10. The Shofar Service
- 11. The Mussaf/Additional Service: Essence of the Day
- 12. Prayer Is... Six Perspectives on Prayer
- 13. Kol Nidre: The Credibility Factor
- 14. Teshuva: Four Steps to Greatness
- 15. Momentum Builder: The Ultimate in Personal Growth
- 16. Highlights of the Yom Kippur Morning Service
- 17. The Forest and the Trees
- 18. Morning Torah Reading: Spirituality as a Relationship
- 19. Highlights of the Mussaf/Additional Service
- 20. Afternoon Torah Reading: The Fine Art of Self-Control
- 21. Neilah: The Closing Moments
- 22. Epilogue: The Morning After.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 157).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1881927148
- 9781881927143
- OCLC:
- 38372637
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