{"product_id":"worlds-of-jewish-prayer-a-festschrift-in-honor-of-rabbi-zalman-m-schachtershalomi-9780876685822","title":"Worlds of Jewish Prayer: A Festschrift in Honor of Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi","description":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi  known simply as Reb Zalman to his many devoted followers  was born in Poland to a hasidic father who had a deep interest in Western culture. As such  he grew up and was educated in both secular and religious schools in Vienna  where the family had moved and lived until the Nazis arrived in Austria. As Reb Zalman says of his upbringing  \"I went to yeshivah and at the same time attended a leftist Zionist high school  where I learned Latin and modern Hebrew. I danced the horah with Marxist Zionists and also celebrated the farewell to the Sabbath with Orthodox anti-Zionists. My father wanted me to go both to gymnasium (secular co-ed high school) and to yeshivah after school. My own life - not only my fathers - was always full of contradictions.\" After receiving rabbinic ordination from the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Brooklyn  New York  in 1947  Reb Zalman began a lifelong career that would take him from roles as congregational rabbi to university professor. He has studied and taught with major religious figures in Buddhist  Hindu  Moslem  and Christian traditions  served as Hillel chaplain  helped plant the seeds of the Havurah movement  ordained scores of rabbis and influenced countless others  has written over 175 books and articles  and created a number of audio and video cassettes. His energy and enthusiasm have made him one of the most well known and beloved rebbes of our time. Reb Zalman was the person who taught many rabbis  Jewish scholars  poets  and songwriters to \"rehydrate the freeze-dried\" prayers of the prayer book  tie the words on the page to the experiences of a life \"of spirit  soul  heart  mind  and body. \" Worlds of Jewish Prayer is a festschrift  a tribute to Reb Zalman in an offering of words from students and colleagues on a subject dear to his heart  davvenology. Davvenology is a term coined by Reb Zalman to denote the study of davvenen. What is davvenen? \"Just as the eskimos have many words for snow  because their lives depend on it  so the Yiddin have many words for prayer  for we are a praying people \" says Reb Zalman. \"But davvening differs from both prayer and worship. . . . Davvenen is living the liturgical life in the presence of God. \" Reb Zalman teaches that we must remember the Holy Presence not only in our sacred assemblies and feasts  but in the passing moments of our lives that have the potential for sanctity. Worlds of Jewish Prayer: A Festschrift in Honor of Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi includes more than forty contributions on how to davven in new and exciting ways  including the use of dreams  meditations  and rituals  and how to bring davvenen into the process of repairing oneself and the world. Pieces by noted authors Arthur Green  Lawrence Kushner  Harold Schulweis  and Howard Schwartz  and feminist writers Ruth Brin and Deena Metzger  are gems set in a dazzling tiara of spiritual riches. It is a collection of interest to all who wish to connect their prayer lives to their dreams of a better  more joyous world or who seek to revitalize their worship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648015556661,"sku":"ByrdShop_0876685823","price":31.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780876685822.jpg?v=1781706531","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/worlds-of-jewish-prayer-a-festschrift-in-honor-of-rabbi-zalman-m-schachtershalomi-9780876685822","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}