Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580234372 ISBN 13: 9781580234375

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2010

Synopsis

A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year.

This compelling companion to Yom Kippur Readings helps create a bridge between the words of our ancestors and the meanings, themes and ideas that are the central spiritual agenda of the life of the modern Jew.

Drawn from a variety of sources―ancient, medieval, modern, Jewish and non-Jewish―this selection of readings, prayers and insights explores the opportunities for inspiration and reflection inherent in the subjects addressed on the Jewish New Year: sin, repentance, personal and social change, societal justice, forgiveness, spiritual growth, living with joy and hope, commitment to high ideals, becoming our truest and most authentic selves, deepening our capacity to love and savoring the divine gift of life. These readings enable you to enter into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe in a personal and powerful way while they uplift and inform. They will add to the benefits of your High Holy Day experience year after year.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This comprehensive anthology connects your heart and soul to the ancient and medieval prayers of Rosh Hashanah through contemporary and ancient commentaries on the day's central themes:

Preparing for the New Year
Prayer and Faith
Roots and Themes from the Torah
Inspiration from the Prophets
The Blowing of the Shofar
Remembrance
Repentance
Rituals and Customs
And much more

About the Author:

Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, award-winning anthologist, lecturer, educator and author, is coeditor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul. Widely published in the Jewish and general press, he is author of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud (Jewish Lights), and is editor of Yom Kippur Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation; Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation; and Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth: Inspiring Tales to Nourish the Heart and Soul (all Jewish Lights). He is rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, New Jersey, and a former member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Council for Jewish Education. Visit his websites―www.wisdomofjudaism.org and www.eco-judaism.org―for more information.

Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins is available to speak on the following topics:

• A Taste of Eco-Judaism
• Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul
• Shabbat: A Day for the Rest of Your Life
• Hasidic Wisdom and Modern Psychology
• A Tale of Two Cities―Jerusalem and Washington DC: The Jewish People's Love Affair with the Holy City

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1580234372
• ISBN 13: 9781580234375
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Elkins Rabbi Dov Peretz