Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Framework of This Book |
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Part 1: Heart, Mind, and Celebration |
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The Spiritual Cycle of the Jewish Holidays |
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Reason, Faith, and Jewish Observance |
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Part
2: Origins of the Jewish Calendar |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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A Fix for the Two-Day Fix |
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15 | (1) |
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Naming
the Months and the Days |
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16 | (7) |
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23 | (1) |
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Rosh
Hashanah in the Bible |
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24 | (2) |
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The Month of Elul: A Footpath
to Mercy |
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26 | (3) |
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Is It Two Days or One Long Day? |
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29 | (1) |
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Food and Other Customs on Rosh Hashanah |
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30 | (3) |
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Pathways Through the Sources |
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Midrash Rabbah: Presence and Pardon |
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33 | (1) |
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Jerusalem Talmud: God's Partners |
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34 | (1) |
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High Holiday Machzor: The Decree |
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34 | (1) |
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The Zohar: A Shofar's Harmony |
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35 | (1) |
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Moses
ben Jacob of Coucy: Self-Mastery |
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36 | (1) |
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Or Ha-Chaim:
Gentle Justice |
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37 | (1) |
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Mei Ha-Shilo'ach: The Original
Intention |
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38 | (1) |
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The Rebbe of Strelisk: Heeding
Advice |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Arthur Green: Returning to Wholeness |
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40 | (2) |
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Interpretations of Sacred Texts |
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42 | (6) |
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42 | (2) |
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Remembrance and Compassion |
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44 | (2) |
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The Shofar and Prayer from the Heart |
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46 | (2) |
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Significance of the Holiday: Some Modern Perspectives |
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48 | (11) |
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From Obscurity to Prominence |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (3) |
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A Clarion Call to Fixing the World |
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53 | (2) |
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The Days of Awe and Israel |
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55 | (2) |
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The Shofar: A Cry into Eternity |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (6) |
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Singing Creation into Being |
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59 | (1) |
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Facing the Music : A High Holiday Meditation |
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59 | (2) |
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Hagar and Sarah, Sarah and Hagar |
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61 | (4) |
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The Day for Spiritual Second Chances |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (5) |
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71 | (1) |
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Erev Yom Kippur: The Threshold
of Sanctity |
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72 | (3) |
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Yom Kippur and Self-Denial |
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75 | (2) |
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Pathways Through the Sources |
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77 | (11) |
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Mishnah: Between God and Fellow |
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77 | (1) |
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Maimonides: Perfect Repentance |
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77 | (2) |
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Zohar: The High Priest's Intervention |
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79 | (1) |
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Yehudah Ha-Levi: Attending to the Spirit |
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79 | (1) |
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Kitzur Shulchan Arukh: Observance and Practice |
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80 | (1) |
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The Maggid of Mezritch: Discovering Unity |
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81 | (2) |
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The Rebbe of Lizensk: Forgiving God |
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83 | (1) |
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Franz Rosenzweig: To Stand before God |
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84 | (1) |
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Abraham
Joshua Heschel: The Unforgivable |
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85 | (1) |
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Erich
Fromm: No Judgment Without Love |
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86 | (2) |
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Interpretations
of Sacred Texts |
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88 | (6) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (2) |
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Significance of the Holiday: Some Modern Perspectives |
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94 | (11) |
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An Evolution in Rite and Prayer |
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94 | (3) |
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Repentance, Confession, and Atonement |
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97 | (2) |
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Moral Freedom and Responsibility |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (12) |
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105 | (2) |
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The Ritual of the Scapegoat |
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107 | (1) |
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Meditation before Yom Kippur for One Who Cannot Fast |
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107 | (1) |
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A Carnival
at the Gates: Jonah and Laughter on Yom Kippur |
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108 | (9) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (8) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (4) |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (3) |
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Pathways Through the Sources |
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141 | (9) |
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141 | (2) |
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Midrash Rabbah: Prolonging the
Celebration |
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143 | (1) |
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Rashi on Kohelet: The Joy of
Now |
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143 | (1) |
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The Zohar: Hosting the Divine |
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144 | (1) |
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Sefer Ha-Hinnukh: The Power of Four |
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145 | (1) |
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Moses Chaim Luzzatto: Engulfed in Light |
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146 | (1) |
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The Rabbi of Kamionka: The Etrog's Glow |
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147 | (1) |
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Samson Raphael Hirsch: Minding What We
Share |
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147 | (2) |
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Elie Wiesel: Joy under Adversity |
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149 | (1) |
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Interpretations of Sacred Texts |
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150 | (6) |
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Materialism and Redemption |
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150 | (2) |
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Prayer and the Powers of Rain |
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152 | (2) |
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The Law and the Lesson of Fragility |
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154 | (2) |
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Significance of the Holiday: Some Modern Perspectives |
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156 | (14) |
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History and Tradition Interwoven |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (5) |
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Open to the Earth and All Humanity |
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164 | (1) |
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The Season of Our Rejoicing |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (11) |
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Imagining Zaydeh's Sukkah |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (3) |
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New Rituals for Simchat Torah |
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175 | (6) |
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Part 6: Guidance along the Way |
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181 | (1) |
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Exploring
Traditional Sources |
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182 | (15) |
Endnotes |
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197 | (22) |
Glossary |
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219 | (16) |
Contributing
Authors |
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235 | (4) |
Index |
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