Compiled by one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the 20th century and first published in 1948, Days of Awe is the long-acknowledged classic companion to the High Holy Days prayer book. Here in one volume are readings and meditations from the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar, to deepen the spiritual experience of the holiest days of the Jewish year.
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Compiled by one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the 20th century and first published in 1948, Days of Awe is the long-acknowledged classic companion to the High Holy Days prayer book. Here in one volume are readings and meditations from the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar, to deepen the spiritual experience of the holiest days of the Jewish year.
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A holy book for study before and during the High Holy Days,
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This review is from: Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days (Paperback)
This is a remarkable collection of commentaries on the High Holy Days and the month of Elul leading up to them . Agnon acts as a Talmid Chachim ( a wise scholar) and as a master creator of literature in putting these commentaries, stories , insights together.
The reading of this work makes reading a religious act. The work could not be more highly recommended.
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That Old Time Days of Awe,
By Eric Maroney (Trumansburg, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days (Paperback)
S.Y. Agnon, the Israeli writer of fiction and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, compiled a book in 1948 called Days of Awe: A Treasure of Traditions, Legends, and Learned Commentaries Concerning Rosh Ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, and the Days Between. Agnon combed through numerous texts to provide an outline of the High Holidays from the perspective of religious observance, custom, and communal and individual intention. The book is interesting, but the overall feel and tone of it is very old, and very orthodox. Of course, that is the point. These are old sources that Agnon is accessing; he is just giving us them in a new format. But the translation, made in the 60s, feels too Protestant Old Testament-like to have an authentic Jewish voice. No doubt the Hebrew original, which Agnon says he reworked in certain places to make it easier to read, doesn't suffer from this archaic touch. All and all an interesting book, but not particularly compelling to real; it is a compendium which suffers from the illness that many compendiums do: it is uneven and sometimes flat out boring.
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And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aiding merit, powerful sanctity, recite penitential prayers, festival prayer books, whose glorious kingdom, scriptural portion, five afflictions, liturgical poems, atonement for transgressions, prophetic portion, superior realm, everlasting statute, hasidic teachings, forty stripes, memorial prayers, blessed memory, prayer beginning, portion beginning, awesome day, holy convocation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur, Holy One, High Priest, House of Prayer, Afternoon Prayer, Kol Nidre, Additional Prayer, Baal Shem Tov, Orah Hayyim, Torah Scroll, Mateh Efrayim, Evening Prayer, Days of Awe, Morning Prayer, Mishnah Yoma, Rabbi Eleazar, Thirteen Qualities, Closing Prayer, Rabbi Amnon, Divine Presence, Mount Sinai, Rabbi Judah, Remember the Covenant, Concluding Meal, House of Study New!
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And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aiding merit, powerful sanctity, recite penitential prayers, festival prayer books, whose glorious kingdom, scriptural portion, five afflictions, liturgical poems, atonement for transgressions, prophetic portion, superior realm, everlasting statute, hasidic teachings, forty stripes, memorial prayers, blessed memory, prayer beginning, portion beginning, awesome day, holy convocation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur, Holy One, High Priest, House of Prayer, Afternoon Prayer, Kol Nidre, Additional Prayer, Baal Shem Tov, Orah Hayyim, Torah Scroll, Mateh Efrayim, Evening Prayer, Days of Awe, Morning Prayer, Mishnah Yoma, Rabbi Eleazar, Thirteen Qualities, Closing Prayer, Rabbi Amnon, Divine Presence, Mount Sinai, Rabbi Judah, Remember the Covenant, Concluding Meal, House of Study New!
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- Days of Awe by Shmuel Yosef Agnon on 6 pages
- Shulhan arukh (Kovets Shalshelet ha-or) (Hebrew Edition) by Shneur Zalman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- In the Heart of the Seas by Shmuel Yosef Agnon in Back Matter
- In the Heart of the Seas (Library Of World Fiction) by S. Y. Agnon in Back Matter
- The Jewish Sabbath: A renewed encounter by Pinchas H. Peli in Back Matter
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