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Shabbat Liturgy Resources

Learning About Liturgy Resources
The best website for learning more about how our new prayer book, Mishkan T’filah works and how it can enrich your prayer experiences is sponsored by the Union for Reform Judaism in partnership with the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

http://urj.org/mishkan/

A wonderful on-line tool for exploring prayer in general, specific prayers and ways to include prayer in daily life is through the guided learning model provided at myjewishlearning.com.

http://myjewishlearning.com/daily_life/Prayer.htm

Four Favorites
Your Clergy often use these books when we teach about prayer and they are all available in the Weisberg Library.

My People’s Prayer Book Series edited by Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman. This series offers historical, mystical, theological, feminist and traditional interpretations of the many sections of the Shabbat service and specific prayers.

B’chol L’vavcha by Harvey J. Fields. Written originally as a text book for students becoming bar/bat mitzvah, this commentary on the Reform prayer book is accessible and relevant for teenagers and adults, and offers questions for reflection related to each prayer.

Entering Jewish Prayer by Reuven Hammer. This easy to read book offers a brief history of prayer in Jewish life and of each of our prayers as well as some practical considerations of the meaning of various prayers.

The Way Into Jewish Prayer by Lawrence Hoffman. This book is part of our Stepping Stones to Jewish Life class (introduction to Judaism) and is a great way to explore some of the how to pray, why we pray and where we pray issues.