Table of Contents

The Quest for Spirituality * To Feel at Home in the Synagogue: Knowing What to Do * The Shemoneh Esrie: The Amidah of Eighteen Blessings * The Amidah for the Sabbath and Festivals Kedushah and Other Additions to the Amidah * The Shema and its Blessings * The Verses of SongPesukei dZimra (The Introductory of Prayers) * The Morning BlessingsBirkhot Hashahar (The Preliminary Prayers) * Supplications and Other Supplementary Prayers * The Kaddish * Responses in Prayer The Torah Reading Service * Welcoming the Sabbath: Kabbalat Shabbat * Prayers for Special Occasions * The Grace After Meals: Birkat Hamazon * The Blessings Before Eating: Birkhot Hanehenin * Home Prayers for Sabbaths and Festivals * Rules Relating to the Prayer Service * Epilogue: The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Prayer

About the Author

Hayim Halevy Donin established himself as an incomparable teacher and interpreter of Jewish law and practice through his classic book To Be a Jew. For twenty years he was Rabbi of Congregation B'nai David in Southfield, Michigan, where he was also Adjunct Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Detroit. Rabbi Donin held a Ph.D. in Education and was also the founder and president of the Akiva Hebrew Day School in Detroit.

Reviews

"A lucid and sensitive guide for those who would like to pray Jewishly but don't know how.... A boon to both Jewish teachers and laymen."--Hadassah Magazine

"The book functions as an accessible guide to the prayer book and the synagogue service, covering every detail of Jewish prayer and ritual.... This definitive guide to the siddur...will be deeply appreciated by a new generation of readers."--Publishers Weekly

"A lucid and sensitive guide for those who would like to pray Jewishly but don't know how.... A boon to both Jewish teachers and laymen."--Hadassah Magazine
"The book functions as an accessible guide to the prayer book and the synagogue service, covering every detail of Jewish prayer and ritual.... This definitive guide to the siddur...will be deeply appreciated by a new generation of readers."--Publishers Weekly