Download or read book Threads of Alkulam written by olivier attie and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2024-05-26 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a captivating journey to the mystical shores of Alkulam, where tempests and ancient magic converge in a tale of resilience, destiny, and unity. In the heart of this enigmatic island, Mamad, an 18-year-old captive, discovers that survival is just the beginning. Kidnapped and thrust into a world shrouded in perpetual storms, Mamad soon realizes that Alkulam is no ordinary island. As he battles the relentless tempests, a mysterious calling emerges, pulling him deeper into the fabric of the island's essence. 'Threads of Alkulam' unfolds as Mamad's story transforms from captivity to becoming the unlikely guardian of this magical realm. Alkulam, a place where the very air pulses with ancient spirits and forgotten prophecies, tests Mamad's resilience. Through trials and tribulations,

Download or read book written by Chaim Stern and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 1975-06 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profoundly rooted in Jewish tradition, Gates of Prayer has become the standard liturgical work for the Reform Movement. This prayerbook contains a variety of services for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals, Israeli Independence Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day and Tisha Be-av. Also contains special readings, meditations and 70 songs complete with transliterations.

Download or read book Texts to the Holy written by Rachel Barenblat and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I wake your name is honey on my lips." So begins this latest collection by poet and rabbi Rachel Barenblat. These love songs to an unnamed other capture a God-intoxicated spirituality in plain-spoken language redolent of the Bible yet anchored in modern life. Texts to the Holy follows in the tradition of the Song of Songs, the great Biblical poem that describes love between two human beloveds and is also read as an allegory for the love between us and God. It's in the tradition of the medieval poet Judah ha-Levi, whose writings of yearning for God use human love as a metaphor. And it's in the tradition of Adrienne Rich and Pablo Neruda, whose poems of human love and passion are suffused with awareness of the sanctity of the tangible and the everyday. These poems can be read purely as love poems from one human beloved to another, and they can be read as poems of love between a soul and her Source. Texts to the Holy expresses deep emotion in contemporary language, without sentimentality. It reminds us of the truths that the yearning heart finds reminders of the beloved everywhere and that even a text message can be a locus for holiness.

Download or read book A Spiritual Life written by Merle Feld and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised edition of this beloved classic features a readers' and writers' guide to facilitate book group conversations and informal adult education, and also offers prompts for personal journaling exploration. Merle Feld's emotionally powerful prose and highly accessible poetry open the hearts of readers of all ages and religious persuasions who are traveling through the cycle of life and sharing in the search for meaning.

Download or read book This Is My God written by Herman Wouk and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Valuable, wise, and quietly moving" (Chicago Tribune), This Is My God is Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Herman Wouk's famous introduction to Judaism. A miracle of brevity, This Is My God guides readers through the world's oldest practicing religion with all the power, clarity, and wit of Wouk's celebrated novels. "Anyone who wants to know what orthodox Judaism means to an informed and intelligent orthodox Jew, who is at the same time thoroughly American in outlook and culture, will do well to study this work." --New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Mishkan T filah written by Central Conference of American Rabbis/CCAR Press and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sefer Ha berakhot written by Marcia Falk and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of blessings, poems, meditations, and rituals presented in English and Hebrew offers a traditional perspective to weekday, Sabbath, and New Moon festival observances.

Download or read book The Shabbat Morning Service Book 1 The Shema and Its Blessings written by Behrman House and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume prayer series based on the Conservative Shabbat Morning Service transforms Hebrew study into a practical prayer learning experience. The only entry requirement is the ability to read Hebrew phonetically.¬+

Download or read book The Sabbath written by Abraham Joshua Heschel and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our great catherdrals.' Featuring black-and-white illustrations by Ilya Schor

Download or read book Honey from the Rock written by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quite simply, the easiest introduction to Jewish mysticism you can read. An insightful and absorbing introduction to the ten gates of Jewish mysticism and how they apply to daily life. "There is a place that is as far from here as breathing out is from breathing in. For the word is very near to you. Where life forever holds gentle sway over death, where people are human with the same grace that a willow is a willow, where the struggle and the yearning between male and female is at last resolved.... It is to begin with, all inside us." —from the Introduction "In the past decade I’ve read Honey from the Rock at least half a dozen times. Every time I read it I wonder if I have ever read it before. Either it keeps changing, or I do. Maybe it’s both.... As someone told me: 'Lawrence Kushner is a mystic. He gives you flashes of insight.'” —from the Publisher’s Preface to the Anniversary Edition

Download or read book This Pretty Planet written by Tom Chapin and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the touching song “This Pretty Planet” by Tom Chapin and John Forster, this hopeful and whimsically illustrated picture book celebrates the pretty planet we call home. Winds blow. Tides flow. Shooting stars descend. Our lives begin, middle, and end on This pretty planet. From icy tundras to sandy beaches, lush forests to tall mountains, this exuberant picture book journeys around the globe and presents the natural wonders of the planet with a contagious sense of awe and whimsy. Young readers will get lost in the detailed illustrations as the narration serves as a gentle reminder of why we must care for and protect our pretty planet.

Download or read book Questions Jews Ask written by Mordecai Menahem Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question and answer method employed to clarify the fundamental issues and teachings of Judaism vis-à-vis modern thought contributes to the uniqueness of this volume. The questions were addressed to Dr. Kaplan at forums throughout the country and in letters addressed to him personally. They reflect the difficulties and the doubts which confront American Jews who strive to understand Judaism and seek to reconcile it with the modern outlook on life. The answers are clear-cut, and formulated so they are intelligible for present-day Jewish living. In sum, the book is a guide for American Jews who are perplexed and who are in search of a meaningful Jewish life. Every Jew, interested in Jewish life and thought, will find this book informative and inspiring, and a source of self-education in Judaism. Every Jew, or non-Jew, interested in the encounter of civilizations and their effect on each other will, through this book, gain an insight into the moral and spiritual forces that impel the Jewish people to maintain its inviduality and to contribute its share to the life of mankind.

Download or read book Waiting to Unfold written by Rachel Barenblat and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Edited and designed by Elizabeth Adams."

Download or read book Open My Lips written by Rachel Evelyne Barenblat and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of contemporary liturgical poetry is both a poetry collection and an aid to devotional prayer. Open My Lips dips into the deep well of Jewish tradition and brings forth renewed and renewing adaptations of, and riffs on, classical Jewish liturgy. Here are poems for weekday and Shabbat, festival seasons (including the Days of Awe and Passover), and psalms of grief and praise. Open My Lips offers a clear, readable, heartfelt point of access into the Jewish tradition and into prayer in general. Those who wish to begin a prayer practice in English but don't know where to start will find this volume offers several starting points. These poems could be used to augment an existing prayer practice, Jewish or otherwise - either on a solitary basis or for congregational use. For the reader of poetry unfamiliar with liturgical text, they can serve as an introduction to prayer in general, and Jewish prayer in particular. And for the pray-er unfamiliar with contemporary poetry, these poems can open the door in the other direction. Advance Praise Barenblat's God is a personal God-one who lets her cry on His shoulder, and who rocks her like a colicky baby. These poems bridge the gap between the ineffable and the human. This collection will bring comfort to those with a religion of their own, as well as those seeking a relationship with some kind of higher power. Satya Robyn, author of "The Most Beautiful Thing and Thaw " "You enfold me in this bathtowel/You enliven me with coffee," writes Barenblat in this collection of accessible and compelling prayer-poems that manages to locate the sacred in the quotidian. After reading these poems, one realizes the ordinary moment is filled with hidden light, and inspiration isn't as far away as we often assume. Yehoshua November, author of "God's Optimism " Truly beautiful-moving, ethereal, grounded, accessible and profound. Rabbi Wendi Geffen, North Shore Congregation Israel, Chicago Rachel Barenblat has achieved a remarkable feat with her latest collection. Kristin Berkey-Abbott, author of "Whistling Past the Graveyard" Rabbi Barenblat's poems are like those rare cover songs that bring new insights to familiar rhythms and melodies. Her interpretations of ancient liturgy turn up the volume and realign the balance on our tradition's greatest hits. Rabbi Elana Zelony, Congregation Beth Shalom, San Francisco"

Download or read book The Divinity School Address written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hasidism and Modern Man written by Martin Buber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hasidism, a controversial, mystical-religious movement of Eastern European origin, has posed a serious challenge to mainstream Judaism from its earliest beginnings in the middle of the eighteenth century. Decimated by the Holocaust, it has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and has reconstituted itself as a major force in the world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Philosopher Martin Buber found inspiration in its original tenets and devoted much of his career to making its insights known to a wide readership. First published in 1958, Hasidism and Modern Man examines the life and religious experiences of Hasidic Jews, as well as Buber's personal response to them. From the autobiographical "My Way to Hasidism," to "Hasidism and Modern Man," and "Love of God and Love of Neighbor," the essays span nearly half a century and reflect the evolution of Buber’s religious philosophy in relation to the Hasidic movement. Hasidism and Modern Man remains prescient in its portrayal of a spiritual movement that brings God down to earth and makes possible a modern philosophy in which the human being becomes sacred.

Download or read book The Way of Solomon written by Rami M. Shapiro and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new rendition of one of the most popular books of wisdom in Western civilization brings fresh insight to the book of Ecclesiastes (long attributed to King Solomon) and reveals its secrets for finding contentment today. Author Web site.