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The Shema: Spirituality and Law in Judaism as Exemplified in the Shema, the Most Important Passage in the Torah
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The Shema: Spirituality and Law in Judaism as Exemplified in the Shema, the Most Important Passage in the Torah

by Norman Lamm. 224 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Norman Lamm

Publisher:

   Jewish Publication Society

Place of Publication:

  Philadelphia  

Publication Year:

  1998
Subjects:   Shema, Judaism--Liturgy
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books on: (Shema) OR (Judaism Liturgy)  - 3786 results

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The Shema: Spirituality and Law in Judaism as Exemplified in the Shema, the Most Important Passage in the Torah
Book by Norman Lamm; Jewish Publication Society, 1998
Subjects: Judaism--Liturgy, Shema
...in the Shema, the most important passage in the Torah / Norman Lamm. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-8276-0655-9 1. Shema. 2. Judaism -- Liturgy. I. Title. BB670.S45L36 1998 Hebr 296.45 -- dc21 98-40891 CIP To the memory of my beloved mother-in-law...
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Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History
Book by Ismar Elbogen; Jewish Publication Society, 1993
Subjects: Judaism--Liturgy--History
...Weekdays 15 7 The Shema and its Benedictions 16...saw the challenge facing the liturgy as a miniature version of the challenge facing Judaism in general. For Elbogen, the question of whether the liturgy could adjust to modernity...test case for the ability of Judaism as a whole to survive in a...
3.
Beyond the Text: A Holistic Approach to Liturgy
Book by Lawrence A. Hoffman; Indiana University Press, 1989
Subjects: Judaism--Liturgy
...blessing affirming revelation, before the Shema , for example; or the gradual selection...the first blessing before the daily Shema , which is falsely characterized in...inserted into the evening blessing of the Shema known as maariv aravim , while the...
4.
An Encyclopedia of American Synagogue Ritual
Book by Kerry M. Olitzky, Marc Lee Raphael; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Judaism--Liturgy--Encyclopedias, Judaism--Liturgy--History--Encyclopedias, Judaism--United States--Encyclopedias
...substitute for the public morning service and contains some of Judaisms basic tenets. As a result, the first line of the Shema (and, in some cases, the entire first paragraph) is subtly included. The preliminary service concludes with a section...
5.
Studies in Modern Theology and Prayer
Book by Jakob J. Petuchowski, Elizabeth R. Petuchowski, Aaron M. Petuchowski; Jewish Publication Society, 1998
Subjects: Judaism--History Of Doctrines, Judaism--History--Modern Period, 1750-, Judaism--Liturgy, Reform Judaism--Germany--History
...History -- Modern period . 1750 - 3. Judaism -- Liturgy. 4. Reform Judaism -- Germany...16. Liberal Halakhah and Liturgy 169...HISTORY OF REFORM JUDAISM 19. Frankfurt...Shalom Press for "Liberal Halakhah and Liturgy," which appeared in Liberal Judaism and Halakhah , edited by Walter...
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journal articles on: (Shema) OR (Judaism Liturgy)  - 390 results

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1.
Meditation for Friday, September 15
Journal article by Albert H. Friedlander; European Judaism, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Faith--Speeches, lectures and essays, God--Speeches, lectures and essays, Judaism, Judaism--Liturgy, Liturgies, Rabbis--Speeches, lectures and essays
...prayed in the presence of death? Elie Wiesel describes the moment when Akiva, bound to the burning stake, recites the Shema. It was not intended as a sermon to disciples; it was recited then because it was the hour for kriat shema. One does not...
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We Must Not Give Up
Journal article by Dow Marmur; European Judaism, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Judaism, Judaism--Liturgy, Liturgies, Rabbis--Speeches, lectures and essays, Religious life--Speeches, lectures and essays
...answer may reflect the distinction between Judaism and Christianity: Jews believe that humans...divine grace will descend on us. Normative Judaism doesnt choose between the two kinds of...very few, the struggle for that return is Judaism at its most authentic. By contrast, says...
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Reflections
Journal article by Sheila Shulman; European Judaism, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Brecht, Bertolt--Criticism and interpretation, Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism and interpretation, Judaism, Judaism--Liturgy, Literary characters--Criticism and interpretation, Liturgies, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Rabbis--Speeches, lectures and essays
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The Latest Liturgy of Liberal Judaism in England
Journal article by John D. Rayner; European Judaism, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Judaism--Forecasts and trends, Liturgies--Forecasts and trends
The Latest Liturgy of Liberal Judaism in England. by John D. Rayner In the history of Progressive Jewish liturgy, Britains Liberal movement has, in...the two main centres of Progressive Judaism: Germany and the United States of America...conservative, following the traditional liturgy very closely and making only minimal...
5.
Liturgy, Time, and the Politics of Redemption
Journal article by Roger E. Timm; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 43, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Liturgy, Time, and the Politics of Redemption (Essay collection)--Book reviews
...and the Politics of Redemption. by Roger E. Timm Liturgy, Time, and the Politics of Redemption. Edited by Randi Rashkover...essays in this volume is that the liturgical practices of Judaism and Christianity provide significant theological resources...unrealizable fantasies." The alternative worldviews expressed in liturgy may express ideals that are difficult to achieve in full...
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Touching the Infinite through Liturgy
Magazine article by Joseph A. Levine; Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Vol. 55, Summer-Fall 2006
Subjects: American Jews--Religious aspects, Jews, American--Religious aspects, Prayer--Management, Prayer--Research, Prayers--Management, Prayers--Research, Synagogues--Services
...climbing the rarefied liturgical peak of Judaisms core belief, where form and content...enough, even 2-year-olds can learn the liturgy by heart. He treats the hakafot (processions...untapped beneath the surface of our liturgy. NOTES (1) Alexis de Tocqueville...15, Exodus 20. (5) Stephan C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (Cambridge University...Jewish Theological Seminary, has taught liturgy and Jewish music history there, at...appeared in the Summer/Fall 2003 issue of JUDAISM.
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The Assimilation of Judaism: Heschel and the 'Category Mistake'
Magazine article by Byron L. Sherwin; Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Vol. 55, Fall-Winter 2006
Subjects: Judaism, Wellhausen, Julius
...or political radicalism constituted the very essence of Judaism, that all the rest--the rituals, liturgy, communal organizations--were outdated, vestigial trappings...35-53. See also Arnold J. Wolf, "Repairing Tikkun Olam," Judaism 50:4 (Fall 2001): 479-482; Steven Plaut, "The Rise of Tikkun...accessed August 25, 2006). (42) See Ismar Elbogen, Jewish Liturgy, trans. Raymond Scheindlin (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication...
3.
Further Footnotes on Judaism, Yoder and Boyarin
Magazine article by Randi Rashkover; Cross Currents, Vol. 56, Winter 2007
Subjects: Boyarin, Daniel--Criticism and interpretation, Christian theology--Evaluation, Judaism--Analysis, Religious scholars--Criticism and interpretation, Yoder, John Howard--Criticism and interpretation
...other. Interestingly enough, Rosenzweig used the example of inter-Jewish enmity to make this point--whereby the Jew who says Judaism is about covenant and not law demonizes the orthodox Jew who says its about law and not spirituality and the two decidedly...Public Evangelical (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company), 1997, 129. 2. See my "The Liturgical Turn," in Liturgy, Time and the Politics of Redemption (Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans), 2006. 3. Rosenzweig, Franz, "Apologetic Thinking" in...
4.
Feminist Judaism: Past and Future
Magazine article by Rachel Adler; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Winter 2002
Subjects: Feminism--Religious aspects, Feminist theology--Research, Judaism--Research, Suffering--Religious aspects
...studying modern Jewish thought or rabbinic texts or Bible or liturgy or American Jewish history, you will read the work of feminist...myself this question. After I finished writing Engendering Judaism, I thought I would write about violence. I pursued my concerns...optimistic. It did not uplift and edify. We feminists, like Reform Judaism, are a product of the Enlightenment, its last piece of unfinished...
5.
Oh, What a Delicious Brouhaha This Is
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2008
Subjects: Benedict XVI, Pope--Powers and duties, Catholic liturgy, Christian-Jewish relations, Christianity and other religions--Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...this is. The rabbis of Conservative Judaism have voted to censure the pope for...made in a prayer of the Good Friday liturgy. Not, of course, the Good Friday liturgy...a relatively few Catholics, but the liturgy in Latin, sometimes called the Tridentine...but on the weakness of contemporary Judaism and Jewish identity," writes Halkin...Christians who are appreciative of Judaism and close to Jews, and they are also...
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For 'Cultural' Jews Focus Not on God
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 8, 2009
Subjects: Humanism, Religious, Judaism, Religious humanism
...is of Jewish tradition. If there is a liturgy, its rebranded as celebration language...Detroit-based Society for Humanistic Judaism, which celebrates its 40th anniversary...Instead of being based on eternal truths, Judaism is, I was told, whatever Jews do. Judaism has never been static, Bonnie Cousens...
2.
Jewish Community Is First to Draw Up Its Own Gay Marriage Service
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 26, 2005
Subjects: Same-sex marriage--Laws, regulations and rules
...Judaism, one of the three major strands of Judaism in the UK, has created a liturgy called Covenant of Love, which is a...by the Civil Partnership Law. Liberal Judaisms chief executive, Rabbi Danny Rich, said...Partnership Law comes into force, Liberal Judaism will be in a unique position to meet...
3.
Search for Torah Unites Congregations
Newspaper article by Joanmarie Wermes; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 26, 2000
...his contemporary Reform congregation celebrates the "joy of Judaism through a variety of traditional and contemporary,. cultural...aspect of Jewish culture and interprets traditional Jewish liturgy in many musical forms, including jazz, pop, blues, folk and...eager to explore the rich fabric of Jewish religion, culture, liturgy and history. "We place equal value on contributions of...
4.
Pope Strengthens Ties to Judaic Faith John Paul II's Apology for Sins Committed by Church First Step
Newspaper article by Teresa Mask; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 20, 2000
...Grove. "I understand it was part of a liturgy and an attempt to express to God his...expressed feelings of sensitivity to Judaism and the Jewish people," he said. Last...the Western Wall, the holiest spot in Judaism. The last time John Paul was in Israel...three great religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With constant religious...
5.
St. John's Ordains Gay Man as Priest
Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, April 13, 1997
...and fornication. The church was filled with friends and parishioners celebrating Dr. Scariatos ordination, an event of liturgy, hymns and a sermon. "People in this parish have given Albert their overwhelming support," warden Edward L. Ziff, chairman...study for the priesthood at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. It was at St. Johns that he had converted from Judaism to Christianity. The "Save Our Church" members had planned to protest his ordination to deacon last June. But they called...
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Liturgy, Jewish
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LITURGY, JEWISH rites, observances, and procedures of Judaism. Communal prayer, with a quorum of ten men (or in some modern...The holiday prayerbook is called the mahzor. The Jewish liturgy is traditionally in Hebrew, with a few elements in Aramaic...
2.
Pharisees
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...place of worship to the Temple, with a liturgy consisting of biblical and prophetic...repetition of the shma, the basic creed of Judaism. In addition, they supported the separation...instrumental in developing post-Temple Judaism. By separating Judaism from dependence on the Temple cult, and...
3.
Rabbi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...transformations. In the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers and interpreters of the Torah. They developed the liturgy, calendar, and other aspects of post-Temple Judaism. During the Middle Ages, the post of rabbi became a professional one, with the incumbent taking on the additional role of...
4.
Sabbath
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SABBATH Heb.,=repose, in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In...two candles in honor of the two biblical verses that enjoin Sabbath rest. Early Christians had a weekly celebration of the liturgy on the first day (Sunday), observing the Resurrection. Hence, among Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, Sunday is a liturgical...
5.
Islam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). An adherent to Islam is a Muslim Arab.,=one who submits. Believers Worldwide There are more than...affirmation that "there is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God"; salah, the five daily ritual prayers (see liturgy, Islamic ); zakat , the giving of alms, also known as a religious tax; Sawm, the dawn-to-sunset fast during the lunar...
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