The Miracle of the Seventh Day: A Guide to the Spiritual Meaning, Significance, and Weekly Practice of the Jewish Sabbath - Softcover

Steinsaltz, Adin

9780787965457: The Miracle of the Seventh Day: A Guide to the Spiritual Meaning, Significance, and Weekly Practice of the Jewish Sabbath

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787965456 ISBN 13: 9780787965457

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

In The Miracle of the Seventh Day, the internationally renowned and highly acclaimed Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz offers the definitive explanation of the miraculous potential of the Sabbath-- what it means, and how it can be observed at home with your family. Much like the Haggadah, the guide to the Passover seder, with its step-by-step directions and explanations, this book provides a simple but complete guide to the spiritual content and ritual practice of the seventh day in the home, including commentary on every appropriate observance, ritual, prayer, and song. The book is both an introduction and a program for observing the Sabbath at home, focused on the core intention and goal of this weekly spiritual renewal.

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From the Inside Flap:

In the fourth of the Ten Commandments, God instructs us to observe the Sabbath, to withdraw temporarily from our workaday activities and to rest, to conduct our lives on the seventh day in a way that brings us back in touch with the miracles of life, the people we love, the world we live in, and our connection to the Divine. Consequently, Jews have been taking this commandment very seriously ever since, understanding that the Sabbath is God's gift to humankind and an opportunity for each of us to renew our self and experience personal transformation.

In The Miracle of the Seventh Day, the internationally renowned and highly acclaimed Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz offers the definitive explanation of the miraculous potential of the Sabbath�what it means, and how it can be observed at home with your family. Much like the Haggadah, the guide to the Passover seder, with its step-by-step directions and explanations, this book provides a simple but complete guide to the spiritual content and ritual practice of the seventh day in the home, including commentary on every appropriate observance, ritual, prayer, and song. The book is both an introduction and a program for observing the Sa bbath at home, focused on the core intention and goal of this weekly spiritual renewal.

Impeccably written and beautifully designed, The Miracle of the Seventh Day is a book that will be cherished by Jewish families and individuals for a lifetime of reading and reference.

From the Back Cover:

The observance of the Sabbath is one of the most important precepts in Judaism. In The Miracle of the Seventh Day, world-renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz provides an ideal companion and guide for the Sabbath table at home. The book is designed for both those who know very little and for those well-versed in the rituals, traditions, and customs of Shabbat, as celebrated in the family at home. For those with little knowledge, it may serve as a guidebook to assist them in following or conducting a Shabbat meal, complete with blessings before and after the meal and hymns sung at the table. For those already knowledgeable, the book will shed new light upon the spiritual significance of various elements of the Sabbath and provide further insight into the history and development of the prayers and traditions of the day. This is a definitive work that every Jewish individual and family should have for basic reference and lifetime of practical use.

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