Entering the High Holy Days
Subtitle: a guide to the origins, themes, and prayers
By: by Reuven Hammer.
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society; Jewish Publication Society of America
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Maḥzor. High Holidays.; High Holidays -- Liturgy.; Judaism -- Liturgy.
Description: "The High Holy Days - Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - are for many Jews the highlight of the Jewish year, as well as the occasion for perhaps their only visit to their congregation for worship.".

"The liturgy for the Days of Awe is also the longest and most complex of the year. Unfortunately, a large number of worshippers have only an incomplete understanding of the holidays' significance. Entering the High Holy Days provides needed historical background and also interprets the ideas, practices, and liturgy that lend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur contemporary relevance to today's Jews."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index.