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Book Reviews of To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service

To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service
To Pray As a Jew A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service
Author: Hayim Halevy Donin
ISBN-13: 9780465086337
ISBN-10: 0465086330
Publication Date: 9/1991
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service on + 149 more book reviews
One of the "go to" books for understanding synagogue services and basic background material for the prayerbook.
This book is extremely accessible in comparison to books on the same subject matter written by George Robinson, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz or Abraham Millgram.
If you are absolutely and completely new to synagogue services, start with the book by Jordan Lee Wagner called The Synagogue Survival Kit.
reviewed To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service on + 5 more book reviews
I am really enjoying this book. Rabbi Donin gives the history of the prayers and shares some of the deeper meanings. It has been a great tool to have alongside my women's siddur and has really been helping to make my prayer time more meaningful.