Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation
A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year.
This compelling companion to Yom Kippur Readings helps create a bridge between the words of our ancestors and the meanings, themes and ideas that are the central spiritual agenda of the life of the modern Jew.
Drawn from a variety of sources—ancient, medieval, modern, Jewish and non-Jewish—this selection of readings, prayers and insights explores the opportunities for inspiration and reflection inherent in the subjects addressed on the Jewish New Year: sin, repentance, personal and social change, societal justice, forgiveness, spiritual growth, living with joy and hope, commitment to high ideals, becoming our truest and most authentic selves, deepening our capacity to love and savoring the divine gift of life. These readings enable you to enter into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe in a personal and powerful way while they uplift and inform. They will add to the benefits of your High Holy Day experience year after year.
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Book details
- Author
- Dov Peretz Elkins
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
Religion › Holidays › Jewish - Topics
- High Holy Days · Jewish prayers · repentance · spiritual reflection · Jewish New Year · forgiveness · religious readings
- ISBN-13
- 9781580234375
About the author
RABBI DOV PERETZ ELKINS is coeditor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul and the author of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud. His recent books include Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth: Inspiring Tales to Nourish the Heart and Soul, Yom Kippur Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation and Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation.
Elkins is rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, New Jersey, and a former member of both the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Council for Jewish Education.
When not writing, Elkins lectures on topics ranging from Hasidic wisdom and modern psychology to eco-Judaism and the Jewish people’s relationship with Jerusalem. These interests run throughout his work as an anthologist and educator.