Why we pray what we pray
Subtitle: the remarkable history of Jewish prayer
By: Barry Freundel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Urim
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jerusalem; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9789655240344
Subjects: Liturgy; Prayer; Judaism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English; text of prayers in English and Hebrew in parallel columns.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: It is not your great grandfather's Keriyat Shema; title: Nishmat: the soul, the song, Shabbat and the Pope; title: Birkat ha-Hodesh: can't we all get along; title: Reaching for the face of God: Anim Zemirot, the song of glory; title: Aleinu: climbing the stairway to heaven; title: Kaddish: the response that keeps on giving.