My People's Passover Haggadah Vol 1

Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A diverse and exciting collection of commentaries on the traditional Haggadah with a fresh translation. Introductions explain historical roots and development of the Haggadah to make sense out of texts and customs that evolved from ancient times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Lights
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781683362043
• ISBN-10: 1683362047
• Artikelnr.: 45375559

Autorenporträt

David Arnow, PhD, a psychologist by training, is widely recognized for his innovative work to make the Passover Seder a truly exciting encounter each year with Judaism's most central ideas. He has been deeply involved with many organizations in the American Jewish community and Israel and is a respected lecturer, writer and scholar of the Passover Haggadah. He is author of Creating Lively Passover Seders: A Sourcebook of Engaging Tales, Texts & Activities and coeditor of the two-volume My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD (both Jewish Lights).

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK Lawrence
A. Hoffman and David Arnow PART I CELEBRATING PASSOVER: CONTEXTUAL
REFLECTIONS 1. WHAT IS THE HAGGADAH ANYWAY? Lawrence A. Hoffman 2. PASSOVER
IN THE BIBLE AND BEFORE David Arnow 3. PASSOVER FOR THE EARLY RABBIS: FIXED
AND FREE David Arnow 4. THIS BREAD: CHRISTIANITY AND THE SEDER Lawrence A.
Hoffman 5. THE SEDER PLATE: THE WORLD ON A DISH David Arnow 6. PEOPLEHOOD
WITH PURPOSE: THE AMERICAN SEDER AND CHANGING JEWISH IDENTITY Lawrence A.
Hoffman 7. WHERE HAVE ALL THE WOMEN GONE? FEMINIST QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
HAGGADAH Wendy I. Zierler 8. MOVING THROUGH THE MOVEMENTS: AMERICAN
DENOMINATIONS AND THEIR HAGGADOT Carole B. Balin 9. "GOOD TO THE LAST
DROP": THE PROLIFERATION OF THE MAXWELL HOUSE HAGGADAH Carole B. Balin PART
II THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH A. SETTING THE STAGE 1. PREPARING THE HOME A. "THE
CHECKING OF LEAVEN" (B'DIKAT CHAMETS) B. PERMISSION TO COOK FOR SHABBAT:
"THE MIXING OF FOODS" (ERUV TAVSHILIN) C. ARRANGING THE SEDER PLATE 2. THE
ORDER OF THE SEDER: KADESH URCHATS ... 3. BEGINNING THE SEDER A. LIGHTING
CANDLES B. DEFINING SACRED TIME (KIDDUSH AND THE FIRST CUP) C.
DISTINGUISHING TIMES OF HOLINESS (HAVDALAH) D. GRATITUDE FOR BEING HERE
(SHEHECHEYANU) E. THE FIRST WASHING (URCHATS) AND DIPPING KARPAS F.
"BREAKING THE MATZAH" (YACHATS) AND RESERVING THE AFIKOMAN G. "BREAD OF
AFFLICTION," HA LACHMA ANYA: BEGIN MAGGID ("TELLING") 4. QUESTIONS OF THE
NIGHT: MAH NISHTANAH, "WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT?" B. FROM ENSLAVEMENT
... 5. A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS PHYSICAL- AVADIM HAYYINU, "WE WERE
SLAVES" 6. HOW WE TELL THE TALE A. EVERYONE TELLS THE STORY: "EVEN IF ALL
OF US WERE SMART ..." B. TELLING AT LENGTH: THE FIVE SAGES' SEDER C.
TELLING AT NIGHT? "ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE ..." D. TELLING THE NEXT
GENERATION: THE FOUR CHILDREN E. TELLING AT THE PROPER TIME: AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH? 7. A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS SPIRITUAL- WE
WORSHIPED IDOLS 8. PROMISES-PAST AND PRESENT A. THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM:
"BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO KEEPS HIS PROMISE ..." B. THE PROMISE TO US: "THIS
KEPT OUR ANCESTORS AND US GOING ..." Notes List of Abbreviations Glossary
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