All These Vows

Zusatztext Another fascinating and useful series on prayer and liturgy is brought to life by Rabbi Hoffman! long-time Professor of Liturgy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. " Kol Nidre is at one and the same time both less and more than a prayer: 'less than' a prayer in that it is actually a legal formula with none of the formal characteristics that designate prayers as a distinctive outcry of the human spirit: but 'more than' a prayer in that it is an entire ritual in and of itself." Discussing the issues raised by the moral problem of abjuring all vows! Rabbi Hoffman considers the opinions of the seventh-century geonim (Rabbinic authorities) that! speaking of Kol Nidre ! "call it a foolish custom that is to be avoided" and debunks theories connecting the prayer to the suffering of conversos during the Spanish Inquisition. 38 essays explore the history of the prayer! its relation to Jewish law! its appearance! modifications and omission in the liturgy through the ages! the music and interpretation of the prayer today. The authors include a roster of well-regarded Rabbis and scholars in the American and British world of Reform! Conservative and Liberal Judaism. As is often the case in a collection of essays! there is much that is repetitive! but the reader can choose to read just a few essays and still understand them thoroughly. Includes bibliographic notes! glossary but no index. Informationen zum Autor 87164711 Klappentext The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Year-what it means, why we sing it and the secret of its magical appeal. Lively commentaries explore why Kol Nidre remains a liturgical highlight, regularly attended even by those who disbelieve the content. Zusammenfassung The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Yearwhat it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal. Through a series of lively commentaries, over thirty contributorsmen and women, scholars and rabbis, artists and poets, spanning three continents and all major Jewish denominationsexamine Kol Nidre 's theology, usage, and deeply personal impact. They trace the actual history of the prayer and attempts through the ages to emend it, downplay it and even do away with itall in vain. They explore why Kol Nidre remains an annual liturgical highlight that is regularly attended even by Jews who disbelieve everything the prayer says. Contributors: Rabbi Tony Bayfield, CBE, DD Dr. Annette M. Boeckler • Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler Dr. Erica Brown Dr. Eliezer Diamond Rabbi Ruth Durchslag, PsyD Rachel Farbiarz Rabbi Edward Feinstein Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Rabbi Elie Kaunfer Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar Dr. Reuven Kimelman Dr. Mark Kligman Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Rabbi Noa Kushner Rabbi Daniel Landes Liz Lerman Catherine Madsen Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD Ruth Messinger Rabbi Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum Rabbi Aaron Panken, PhD Rabbi Marc Saperstein, PhD Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin Rabbi David...

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Catherine Madsen is the author of The Bones Reassemble: Reconstituting Liturgical Speech; In Medias Res: Liturgy for the Estranged; and a novel, A Portable Egypt. She is librettist for Robert Stern's oratorio "Shofar" (on the CD Awakenings, Navona Records NV5878), and bibliographer at the Yiddish Book Center. She contributed to *May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in JudaismYizkor, *Who by Fire, Who by Water*Un'taneh Tokef, *All These Vows*Kol Nidre, and *We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism*Ashamnu *and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).

Dr. Annette M. Boeckler is lecturer for liturgy at Leo Baeck College in London and manager of its library. She studied theology, Jewish studies, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Germany and Switzerland and chazzanut both privately (with cantor Marcel Lang, z"l, and cantor Jeremy Burko) and at the Levisson Instituut in Amsterdam. She contributed to All These Vows*Kol Nidre, *May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism*Yizkor and *We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism*Ashamnu *and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).

Dr. Eliezer Diamond is the Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary and the author of Holy Men and Hunger Artists: Fasting and Asceticism in Rabbinic Culture. He is currently editing a commentary on Yerushalmi Pesahim written by the late Professor Louis Ginzberg, as well as a book on prayer.

Dr. Ellen M. Umansky is the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is currently working on a book focusing on Judaism, liberalism, feminism, and God. She contributed to Who by Fire, Who by WaterUn'taneh Tokef, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in JudaismAshamnu and Al Chet and All These VowsKol Nidre (both Jewish Lights).

Dr. Erica Brown, an inspiring writer and educator, is scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. She consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits, and is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation. She is an Avi Chai Fellow, winner of the Ted Farber Professional Excellence Award, and the recipient of a Covenant Award for her work in education. She is author of Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things; Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism; and co-author of The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One? (all Jewish Lights). She contributed to We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism*Ashamnu *and Al Chet, *Who by Fire, Who by Water*Un'taneh Tokef and *All These Vows*Kol Nidre (both Jewish Lights). She lectures widely on subjects of Jewish interest and leadership. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and four children, and can be reached at www.EricaBrown.com.

Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and to My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water*Un'taneh Tokef; *All These Vows*Kol Nidre; *May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism*Yizkor; and *We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism*Ashamnu *and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament and The Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; co-author of The Bible and the Believer; and author of How to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio's Fresh Air by Terry Gross.

Dr. Mark Kligman is professor of Jewish musicology at Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion in New York, where he teaches in the School of Sacred Music. He specializes in the liturgical traditions of Middle Eastern Jewish communities and various areas of popular Jewish music. His publications on the liturgical music of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn have appeared in journals and in his book, Maqa-m and Liturgy: Ritual, Music and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn.

Dr. Reuven Kimelman is professor of classical Judaica at Brandeis University. He is the author of The Mystical Meaning of Lekha Dodi and Kabbalat Shabbat and of the audio books The Moral Meaning of the Bible and The Hidden Poetry of the Jewish Prayerbook. He contributed to Who by Fire, Who by WaterUn'taneh Tokef, All These Vows*Kol Nidre and *We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism*Ashamnu *and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).

Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionar…