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The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of
Jewish families at the seder table Every year at Passover, Jews
around the world gather for the seder, a festive meal where family
and friends come together to sing, pray, and enjoy traditional food
while retelling the biblical story of the Exodus. The Passover
Haggadah provides the script for the meal and is a religious text
unlike any other. It is the only sacred book available in so many
varieties-from the Maxwell House edition of the 1930s to the
countercultural Freedom Seder-and it is the rare liturgical work
that allows people with limited knowledge to conduct a complex
religious service. The Haggadah is also the only religious book
given away for free at grocery stores as a promotion. Vanessa Ochs
tells the story of this beloved book, from its emergence in
antiquity as an oral practice to its vibrant proliferation today.
Ochs provides a lively and incisive account of how the foundational
Jewish narrative of liberation is remembered in the Haggadah. She
discusses the book's origins in biblical and rabbinical literature,
its flourishing in illuminated manuscripts in the medieval period,
and its mass production with the advent of the printing press. She
looks at Haggadot created on the kibbutz, those reflecting the
Holocaust, feminist and LGBTQ-themed Haggadot, and even one
featuring a popular television show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Ochs shows how this enduring work of liturgy that once served to
transmit Jewish identity in Jewish settings continues to be
reinterpreted and reimagined to share the message of freedom for
all.
This photographic picture book shows how Hanukkah menorahs are made
step-by-step.
In a world that increasingly sees religion as a source of violence,
this book explores resources from within religious traditions that
might help build peace. Drawing from the rich textual histories of
Christianity and Islam, the contributors mine their faith
traditions for ways of thinking and ways of being that help shift
perceptions about religion, and actively contribute to the growth
of peace in our troubled times. Not content with retreat into
religious exclusivism, these essays are an act of sharing something
held dear. In sharing, the thing offered no longer remains the
possession of the one who offers, and so these essays are an act of
vulnerability and trust-building. In sharing precious things
together, in giving and receiving, peace becomes not only a matter
of dialogue, but also shared commitments to ways of being.
One of the First Books to Demonstrate the Power of Positive
Thoughts
Fresh with contemporary relevance, this classic of positive
thinking from one of the world's greatest motivational writers
offers stirring insights on self-transformation. Based on Emmet
Fox's simple message that "thoughts are things" and all potential
rests in their creative and constructive use, these thirty-one
inspiring essays show how to have it all--health, success,
happiness, and a liberated spirit--through the power of
constructive thought. First published in 1940, "Power Through
Constructive Thinking" has been a never-failing source of strength
and renewal for generations of readers.
The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony of bar mitzvah was first recorded
in thirteenth-century France, where it took the form of a simple
statement by the father that he was no longer responsible for his
thirteen-year-old son. Today, bar mitzvah for boys and bat mitzvah
for girls are more popular than at any time in history and are
sometimes accompanied by lavish celebrations. How did bar mitzvah
develop over the centuries from an obscure legal ritual into a core
component of Judaism? How did it capture the imagination of even
non-Jewish youth? Bar Mitzvah, a History is a comprehensive account
of the ceremonies and celebrations for both boys and girls. A
cultural anthropology informed by rabbinic knowledge, it explores
the origins and development of the most important coming-of-age
milestone in Judaism. Rabbi Michael Hilton has sought out every
reference to bar mitzvah in the Bible, the Talmud, and numerous
other Jewish texts spanning several centuries, extracting a
fascinating miscellany of information, stories, and commentary.
First paperback edition! In "Rosicrusians", McIntosh chronicles the
obscure and elusive history of the secret order of the Fraternity
of the Rosy Cross, with its mysterious founder Christian
Rosenkreuz. A forerunner of the many "Secret Masters", Rosenkreuz
had a profound influence on the course of Western esoteric
tradition.
The religious buildings of the Jewish community in Britain have
never been explored in print. Lavishly illustrated with previously
unpublished images and photographs taken specially by English
Heritage, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in
Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era
beginnings to the golden age of the grand "cathedral synagogues" of
the High Victorian period. Sharman Kadish sheds light on obscure
and sometimes underappreciated architects who designed synagogues
for all types of worshipers--from Orthodox and Reform congregations
to Yiddish-speaking immigrants in the 1900s. She examines the
relationship between architectural style and minority identity in
British society and looks at design issues in the contemporary
synagogue. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in
British Art
For roughly two thousand years, the veneration of sacred fossil
ammonites, called Shaligrams, has been an important part of Hindu
and Buddhist ritual practice throughout South Asia and among the
global Diaspora. Originating from a single remote region of
Himalayan Nepal, called Mustang, Shaligrams are all at once
fossils, divine beings, and intimate kin with families and
worshippers. Through their lives, movements, and materiality,
Shaligrams then reveal fascinating new dimensions of religious
practice, pilgrimage, and politics. But as social, environmental,
and national conflicts in the politically-contentious region of
Mustang continue to escalate, the geologic, mythic, and religious
movements of Shaligrams have come to act as parallels to the
mobility of people through both space and time. Shaligram mobility
therefore traverses through multiple social worlds, multiple
religions, and multiple nations revealing Shaligram practitioners
as a distinct, alternative, community struggling for a place in a
world on the edge.
Simple Prayer, Dramatic Life-Change
It's a timeless prayer that produces timely results Bruce Wilkinson
takes readers to 1 Chronicles 4:10 to discover how they can release
God's miraculous power and experience the blessings God longs to
give each of us. The life of Jabez, one of the Bible's most
overlooked heroes of the faith, bursts from unbroken pages of
genealogies in an audacious, fourpart prayer that brings him an
extraordinary measure of divine favor, anointing, and protection.
Readers who commit to offering the same prayer on a regular basis
will find themselves extravagantly blessed by God, and agents of
His miraculous power, in everyday life.
Banner Across Corner:
17 million Jabez series books in print
Do you want to be extravagantly blessed by God?
Are you ready to reach for the extraordinary? To ask God for the
"abundant" blessings He longs to give you? Join Bruce Wilkinson to
discover how the remarkable prayer of a little-known Bible hero can
release God's favor, power, and protection. You'll see how one
daily prayer can help you leave the past behind--and break through
to the life you were meant to live.
Story Behind the Book
When "The Prayer of Jabez" first released in 2000 and sold nine
million copies in two years, Bruce Wilkinson's mailbox was flooded
with countless personal stories of answered prayer. God's mighty
hand was using the prayer to change lives in both small and
dramatic ways. Such undeniable testimonies make it impossible to
ignore God's presence, active and alive today This repack meets the
demand that continues to ask for the original bestseller--now with
a stunning new look
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