Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Davening (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Experience the living taste of prayer in your heart,
the deep and gentle glow of prayer in your soul.

"Many who live their lives as Jews, even many who pray every day, live on a wrapped and refrigerated version of prayer. We go to synagogue dutifully enough. We rise when we should rise, sit when we should sit. We read and sing along with the cantor and answer 'Amen' in all the right places. We may even rattle through the prayers with ease. We sacrifice vitality for shelf-life, and the neshomeh, the Jewish soul, can taste the difference."
-from the Introduction

This fresh approach to prayer is for all who wish to appreciate the power of prayer's poetry and song, jump into its ceremonies and rituals, and join the age-old conversation that Jews have had with God. Reb Zalman, one of the most important Jewish spiritual teachers in contemporary American Judaism, offers you new ways to pray, new channels for communicating with God and new opportunities to open your heart to God's response.

With rare warmth and authenticity, Reb Zalman shows you:

• How prayer can engage not just spirit, but mind, heart and body
• Meditations that open the door to kavanah, the focus or intention with which we pray
• How to understand the underlying "deep structure" of our prayer services
• How to find and feel at home in a synagogue
• How to sing and lead niggunim, the simple, wordless tunes that Jews sing to get closer to God
• and more

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580236836
• Artikelnr.: 49987438

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, the inspiration of the Jewish Renewal movement, is widely recognized as one of the most important Jewish spiritual teachers of our time. Professor emeritus at Temple University, he has contributed to Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections, and is the author of Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice, Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit: Reb Zalman's Guide to Recapturing the Intimacy & Ecstasy in Your Relationship with God, (all Jewish Lights); From Age-ing to Sage-ing; and Wrapped in a Holy Flame, among other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner ix
Introduction xi
Whisper Language 1
Intention: Davening with Kavanah 5
Niggun! A Soul in Song 28
Davening in the Four Worlds: A Deep Structure of Prayer 58
Following the Map: A Traveler's Guide 85
At Home in Shul: The Synagogue Experience 136
Who Am I to Give Blessings? 155
Advanced Practice: Prolonged Prayer 162
Notes 189
Acknowledgments 195
Glossary 199