Download or read book Davening written by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Daven Your Age written by Yehoshua C. Grunstein and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews spend endless hours of their lives in prayer, yet many Jews view prayer as an obligation to strike off the schedule rather than enjoy and be uplifted by. Since we generally don't learn about prayer past grade school, we often find ourselves praying with the intellectual awareness of fifth graders - and we therefore find prayers to be meaningless and empty. This book bridges that very gap - connecting the mind to the heart by allowing the laws of prayer, which people know so well, to influence the experience of praying in ways that have not yet been explored.
Download or read book Rav Avigdor Miller on Emunah and Bitachon written by Yaakov Astor and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diyune Halakhah written by Daniel Neustadt and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of practical halachic issues related to the weekly Torah portion. Presented in a thorough, decisive manner with classical and contemporary halachic opinions. From separating challah to the laws of yichud and the blessings made on various breakfast cereals, this work is an asset to every Jewish home. 2-volume gift-boxed set.
Download or read book The Rebbe s Children written by Shmuli Zalmanov and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of insights from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, compiled from a variety of letters, public addresses and private audiences, the Rebbe provides practical guidelines and advice on a myriad of topics concerning and addressed to Yeshiva students who are attending Chabad-Lubavitch Yeshivas. The book's title - 'The Rebbe's Children' - is inspired by the Rebbe lovingly referring to these Chabad students (otherwise known as 'Tmimim') as his own children. This is apparent in the enthusiastic spirit and fatherly affection exhibited in this compilation.
Download or read book Emotions in Jewish Music written by Jonathan L. Friedmann and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotions in Jewish Music is an insider’s view of music’s impact on Jewish devotion and identity. Written by cantors who have devoted themselves to the study and execution of Jewish music, the book’s six chapters explore a wide range of musical contexts and encounters. Topics include the spiritual influence of secular Israeli tunes, the use and meaning of traditional synagogue modes, and the changing nature of Jewish worship. The approaches are both personal and scholarly, describing the experiential side of Jewish music in both practical and philosophical terms. Emotions in Jewish Music reveals much about the emotional aspects of Jewish musical expression.
Download or read book The Spiritual Transformation of Jews Who Become Orthodox written by Roberta G. Sands and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychological study, based on extensive interview data, of Jewish adults who take on a devout lifestyle. Spiritual transformation is the process of changing one’s beliefs, values, attitudes, and everyday behaviors related to a transcendent experience or higher power. Jewish adults who adopt Orthodoxy provide a clear example of spiritual transformation within a religious context. With little prior exposure to traditional practice, these baalei teshuvah (literally, “masters of return” in Hebrew) turn away from their former way of life, take on strict religious obligations, and intensify their spiritual commitment. This book examines the process of adopting Orthodox Judaism and the extensive life changes that are required. Based on forty-eight individual interviews as well as focus groups and interviews with community outreach leaders, it uses psychological developmental theory and the concept of socialization to understand this journey. Roberta G. Sands examines the study participants’ family backgrounds, initial explorations, decisions to make a commitment, spiritual struggles, and psychological and social integration. The process is at first exciting, as baalei teshuvah make new discoveries and learn new practices. Yet after commitment and immersion in an Orthodox community, they face challenges furthering their education, gaining cultural knowledge, and raising a family without parental role models. By showing how baalei teshuvah integrate their new understandings of Judaism into their identities, Sands provides fresh insight into a significant aspect of contemporary Orthodoxy. “Sands’s judicious and comprehensive application of social science theories to the study of Jewish returnees provides a unique contribution to the social scientific study of religion.” — Roberta Rosenberg Farber, coeditor of Jews in America: A Contemporary Reader
Download or read book written by Shimon D. Eider and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, complete guide to the laws of Passover, as well as its various procedures, and terms, from an acclaimed author, now available in a single volume edition.
Download or read book Educating Toward Meaningful Tefillah written by Yoel Finkelman and published by Torah Education in Israel, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on how to teach the spiritual aspects of Jewish prayer as well as the formal prayer Proceedures.
Download or read book Musicophilia written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Expanded With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia is Oliver Sacks' latest masterpiece.
Download or read book How to Have Fun Without Getting Into Trouble written by Simcha Feuerman and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Have Fun without Getting into Trouble provides insights into the many complex issues that modern Jews face today. The essays are drawn from the authors' experiences as religious Jews, parents, and psychotherapists.
Download or read book Minyan Intolerance Purim 2010 Edition written by Akiva Freund and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish humor intake on synagogue issues.
Download or read book Faking It written by William Ian Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-08-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the intrusive fear that we may not be what we appear to be, or worse, that we may be only what we appear to be and nothing more. It is concerned with the worry of being exposed as frauds in our profession, cads in our love lives, as less than virtuously motivated actors when we are being agreeable, charitable, or decent. Why do we so often mistrust the motives of our own deeds, thinking them fake, though the beneficiary of them gives us full credit? Much of this book deals with that self-tormenting self-consciousness. It is about roles and identity, discussing our engagement in the roles we play, our doubts about our identities amidst this flux of roles, and thus about anxieties of authenticity.
Download or read book The Laws of Tefillin written by Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mitzvah of Tefillin is one of the oldest and most well cherished Mitzvos amongst world Jewry. What many don't know, are the myriads of detailed laws associated with this Holy Mitzvah and tradition. For example: What is the greatness of the mitzvah? How was this mitzvah originally fulfilled? Can someone put on Tefillin after sunset? What about a person who doesn't have a shirt? What is the correct order of wearing Tefillin and where are the exact areas that it should be worn on the arm and head? What about someone who's a lefty or ambidextrous? Should a blessing be repeated if I went to the bathroom? Why do some people wear Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam, and what is the law if I accidentally put it on before Rashi? what are the detailed laws of respecting the Tefillin? Can I eat with them, can I sleep with them, and can I simply talk while wearing them? Can I take it with me into an airport bathroom? How do I purchase a Kosher and Mehudar pair of Tefillin? How do I upkeep the maintenance of my Tefillin? What are the essential laws relevant to a Sofer and the writing of Parshiyos? What are the detailed Kashrus laws of the Batim and straps? What are things that are important to know during Mivtzaim? In this Sefer we tackle all the above issues and many more, all concisely explained and clarified within 9 chapters, that include a directive of practical Halacha, and encyclopedic Halachic background knowledge of the cases at hand. This Sefer is revolutionary, and is a must have for every Shul and Minyan in order to facilitate finding clear and proper Halachic guidance that will ensure that the Mitzvah of Tefillin in their Shul is performed properly and with its due honor and respect!
Download or read book written by Shimon D. Eider and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at Tefillin's components and parshiyos, explaining what makes tefillin kosher, how and when they are worn, proper care for them, and more. Indexed and extensively annotated. With photos.
Download or read book Rav Chaim Fasman written by Rabbi Akiva Fox and published by Mosaica Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaim Zelig was a child on the move. His father, Rabbi Oscar Fasman, led one kehillah after another until finally settling in Chicago, where he took the helm of Beis Medrash L’Torah (Skokie). Chaim, an outstanding bachur, learned in the yeshiva until his Rebbe, Reb Mendel Kaplan, sent him off to Eretz Yisrael to advance his learning. The Ponevezher Rav chose to prepare his shiurim with Chaim. The Brisker Rav accepted him as one of the fifteen original talmidim in his yeshiva. Rav Aharon Kotler invited him to be his talmid in Lakewood. But the yeshiva that would ultimately define the still “out-of-town” bachur, was Bais Hatalmud. There, Chaim studied under Reb Leib Malin and became the talmid muvhak of Reb Chaim Visoker, who primed him in teaching Torah and understanding people. After his marriage, Chaim set out to fulfill his dream of spreading Torah in America. Rabbi Chaim Fasman did the unthinkable — he left the sheltered confines of the yeshiva world for Los Angeles, California, which he envisioned as a city thirsty for Torah. He founded one of the first kollelim in America and transformed Los Angeles into a flourishing empire of Torah. This is the fascinating story of Rabbi Chaim Fasman, builder of Torah in America.
