Viduy / Confession A linear translation of the Yom Kippur viduy with overview commentary and insights based on Chazal & the classic commentators By
Rabbi Nosson Scherman
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It is the purpose of this volume to help open up the message of Yom Kippur, for if we can better understand it, we can better achieve the goals it sets forth for us. Drawn from the rich lodes of Jewish thought and practice, the book will help the reader enter the solemnity and joy of Yom Kippur, for just as there is nothing more sobering than the realization that one's fate hangs in the scales of Heavenly justice, so there is nothing more exhilarating than the knowledge that the Creator and Judge waits hopefully for our response to His plea, "Return to Me and I will return to you."
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The brief, yet profound Book of Jonah is one of the best known of the Biblical prophets. It is a classic study in the process of "teshuvah" (repentance). This commentary draws on centuries of rabbinic commentary and presents a lucid, refreshing application of insights for living.
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To children, the story of Yonah is thrilling and exciting. To adults, it represents the essence of Yom Kippur. In this beautiful new book, Shmuel Blitz speaks to all ages as he tells the story and delves into its deeper message.
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Every year on Yom Kippur, Jews the world over read an astounding Biblical narrative: The story of a prophet who receives an explicit directive from God, but then desperately seeks to evade it. What accounts for Jonah's inexplicable attempt to flee from God? Did he really believe he could succeed? And why was this puzzling story the one to be selected by the Sages to be included in the Yom Kippur prayer service. In this series, Rabbi Fohrman takes you on a journey of discovery within the Book of Jonah. The listener, in the end, emeerges with a fresh view of the book's meaning and a surprising new perspective on Jonah's relevance tothe Yom Kippur holiday on which it is read.
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