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90 books match the query 'Rituals & Practice' and 25 start with m

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Making Shabbat

Celebrating and Learning at American Jewish Summer Camps

Joseph Reimer

Brandeis University Press, 2022

An accessible and engaging treatment of the experience of Jewish summer camps.
 
This book tells the story of how Jewish camps have emerged as creators of positive spiritual experiences for Jewish youth in North America. When Jewish camps began at the dawn of the twentieth century, their leaders had little interest in creating Jewish spiritual experiences for their campers. Yet over the course of the past century, Jewish camps have gradually moved into providing primal Jewish experiences that diverse campers can enjoy, parents appreciate, and alumni fondly recall. Making Shabbat Real explores how Shabbat at camp became the focal point for these primal Jewish experiences, providing an interesting perspective on changing approaches to Jewish education and identity in North America.
 
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Mantle of Mercy

Islamic Chaplaincy in North America

Muhammad A. Ali

Templeton Press, 2022

This engaging collection presents thirty essays by Muslim chaplains reflecting on their experiences as spiritual caregivers. Through their first-hand accounts, they impart how they skillfully apply the mercy and compassion of the Prophet Muhammad to the people in their care. They also share how their faith informs their service, how they navigate the obstacles of a predominantly Christian profession, and how they administer to the spiritual needs of people of different faiths or of no faith at all.

Working in a variety of settings—including hospitals, prisons, universities, and the armed forces—Muslim chaplains encounter unique challenges on a daily basis, requiring them to call upon the resources of their Islamic faith with wisdom and tenderness.  The contributors to this volume explore these circumstances vividly and honestly. Their personal stories are instructive of how Islamic principles can be employed with spiritual insight to bring strength and comfort to the sick and suffering.  
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Mecca and Eden

Ritual, Relics, and Territory in Islam

Brannon Wheeler

University of Chicago Press, 2006

Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature but from their social character. Building upon this insight, Mecca and Eden uses Islamic exegetical and legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca. 

Integrating Islamic examples into the comparative study of religion, Brannon Wheeler shows how the treatment of rituals, relics, and territory is related to the more general mythological depiction of the origins of Islamic civilization. Along the way, Wheeler considers the contrast between Mecca and Eden in Muslim rituals, the dispersal and collection of relics of the prophet Muhammad, their relationship to the sanctuary at Mecca, and long tombs associated with the gigantic size of certain prophets mentioned in the Quran. 

Mecca and Eden succeeds, as few books have done, in making Islamic sources available to the broader study of religion.
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Medusa's Hair

An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience

Gananath Obeyesekere

University of Chicago Press, 1981

The great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious devotees. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair, and they express their devotion to the gods through fire walking, tongue-piercing, hanging on hooks, and trance-induced prophesying.

The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Medusa's Hair thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology.
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Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism

Aviezer Ravitzky

University of Chicago Press, 1996

The Orthodox Jewish tradition affirms that Jewish exile will end with the coming of the Messiah. How, then, does Orthodoxy respond to the political realization of a Jewish homeland that is the State of Israel? In this cogent and searching study, Aviezer Ravitzky probes Orthodoxy's divergent positions on Zionism, which range from radical condemnation to virtual beatification.

Ravitzky traces the roots of Haredi ideology, which opposes the Zionist enterprise, and shows how Haredim living in Israel have come to terms with a state to them unholy and therefore doomed. Ravitzky also examines radical religious movements, including the Gush Emunim, to whom the State of Israel is a divine agent. He concludes with a discussion of the recent transformation of Habad Hassidism from conservatism to radical messianism.

This book is indispensable to anyone concerned with the complex confrontation between Jewish fundamentalism and Israeli political sovereignty, especially in light of the tragic death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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Mishkan Aveilut

Where Grief Resides

Rabbi Eric Weiss

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2019

Grief often reweaves our lives into a different way of experiencing the world. Mishkan Aveilut is designed to complement the anchors of our tradition that contain, guide, and support us as we familiarize ourselves with and move through our terrain of grief. This beautiful companion to Mishkan R'fuah: Where Healing Resides offers readings, poems, and meditations to support the emotional and spiritual needs that naturally arise at a time of loss. With opportunities for nourishment, contemplation, and emotional renewal, the collection is meant to be used as a resource for spiritual leaders and individuals alike.
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Mishkan Moeid

A Guide to the Jewish Seasons

Rabbi Peter S. Knobel, PhD

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2013

Newly revised and updated edition of the CCAR classic Gates of the Seasons, this new volume presents a survey of the sacred days of the Jewish yearly cycle. Providing detailed guidance on observing Shabbat and the Jewish holidays, including historical background, essays, and extensive notes, Mishkan Moeid is perfect for Introduction to Judaism classes and conversion candidates, as well as personal study for those wishing to reconnect or deepen their relationship to Judaism.
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Mishkan R'fuah

Where Healing Resides

Rabbi Eric Weiss

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2013

This beautiful compilation contains contemplative readings and prayers for many different moments of spiritual need, including illness, surgery, treatment, hearing good news, transitions, addiction, infertility, end-of-life, and more.

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Mishkan T'filah Weekdays and Festivals Large Print

A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2007

Includes services for weekdays, festivals, and other occasions of public worship. Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement, including texts for more than a hundred songs. Available in large print for the visually impaired.

This volume is for weekdays and festivals only, and does not include Shabbat liturgy.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations

  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Full transliteration
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah Weekdays and Festivals, Non-transliterated

A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2007

Includes services for weekdays, festivals, and other occasions of public worship. Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement, including texts for more than a hundred songs.

This volume is for weekdays and festivals only. This version does not include Shabbat liturgy or transliteration.

This Siddur does include:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations

  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah for Shabbat Evening

Rabbi Elsye D. Frishman, Rabbi Hara E Person, Rafael Chaiken, Rabbi Annie Villarreal-Belford

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2026

Mishkan T’filah: Siddur for Shabbat Evening is a comprehensively revised twentieth-anniversary edition of the prayer book for Friday night. Since its publication in 2007, under the leadership of Rabbi Elyse Frishman, Mishkan T’filah: A Reform Siddur has reinvigorated worship and become a beloved part of the Jewish landscape. 

This new edition includes the complete Kabbalat Shabbat and Arvit services, along with the Torah service for communities that read Torah on Friday nights as well as an appendix of favorite songs. This lightweight yet durable hardcover features updated translations, full transliteration, additional liturgical texts, and a refreshed and streamlined layout. A wealth of new readings have been added to the left-hand pages, alongside indispensable classics. Gender-neutral and nonbinary options ensure that all worshipers can feel welcome. Songs that have become integral to Reform services in the past twenty years are conveniently placed next to prayers. Mishkan T’filah: Siddur for Shabbat Evening will rejuvenate your Shabbat experience.

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Mishkan T'filah for Travelers

A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Sue Ann Wasserman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2009

This compact, paperback version of Mishkan T'filah integrates weekday and Shabbat services into an easily transportable volume while still remaining faithful to the style and spirit of Mishkan T'filah.

Also includes Festival liturgy.
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Mishkan T'filah for the House of Mourning, Large Print

A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elaine S. Zecher and Rabbi Hara E. Person

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

An innovative approach to services in the house of mourning. Includes thoughtful readings and commentary from traditional and contemporary sources. Easy-to-transport paperback format. Available in large print for those with vision impairments.
 

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Mishkan T'filah for the House of Mourning

A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elaine S. Zecher and Rabbi Hara E. Person

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2010

An innovative approach to services in the house of mourning. Includes thoughtful readings and commentary from traditional and contemporary sources. Easy-to-transport paperback format.
 
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Mishkan T'filah

A Reform Siddur, non-transliterated (Shabbat, Weekdays, Festivals): A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2007

Includes services for Shabbat, weekdays, and festivals, as well as other occasions of public worship and texts for more than a hundred songs. Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement.

This volume does not contain transliteration.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations
  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads (additional Shabbat services in linear style also included)
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability


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Mishkan T'filah

A Reform Siddur, transliterated (Shabbat, Weekdays, Festivals): A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2007

Includes services for Shabbat, weekdays, and festivals, as well as other occasions of public worship and texts for more than a hundred songs. Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations
  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Full transliteration
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads (additional Shabbat services in linear style also included)
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah

Journal Edition, Non-transliterated: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Joel Abraham and Michelle Shapiro Abraham, RJE

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2010

Invite your students to create their own commentary, questions, poetry, and responses to the prayers in Mishkan T'filah. For b'nai mitzvah students, confirmation class, and youth groups. Some pages will have creative, challenging prompts to stimulate thoughts, and other pages will be entirely blank, allowing users space to explore and reflect. Created by Michelle Shapiro Abraham and Joel Abraham.

Note: Page numbers in this special edition are meant to be consistent with the page numbering of the standard, complete edition of Mishkan T'filah. However, because the Journal Edition does not contain some of the material from the complete edition, there are several jumps in page numbering in this edition.
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Mishkan T'filah

Journal Edition: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Joel Abraham and Michelle Shapiro Abraham

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2010

Invite your students to create their own commentary, questions, poetry, and responses to the prayers in Mishkan T'filah. For b'nai mitzvah students, confirmation class, and youth groups. Some pages will have creative, challenging prompts to stimulate thoughts, and other pages will be entirely blank, allowing users space to explore and reflect. Created by Michelle Shapiro Abraham and Joel Abraham.

Note: Page numbers in this special edition are meant to be consistent with the page numbering of the standard, complete edition of Mishkan T'filah. However, because the Journal Edition does not contain some of the material from the complete edition, there are several jumps in page numbering in this edition.
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Mishkan T'filah

Large Print, Shabbat: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

Including services for Shabbat and texts for more than a hundred songs, Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement. Available in large print for the visually impaired.

This volume is for Shabbat only, and does not include weekday and festival liturgy.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations

  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Full transliteration
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads (additional Shabbat services in linear style also included)
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah

Pulpit Edition: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2010

The Pulpit Edition is an oversize version of the complete edition of Mishkan T'filah, in 3-ring binder format (binder not included). It is meant for use on the bimah or for the purpose of preparing service participants.

Purchase of this volume grants the buyer the right to make copies on a one-time basis for the purpose of practice or preparation only. These pages are not to be used for the creation of new services or for publication of any kind.

Each page contains a copyright notice.
 
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Mishkan T'filah

Shabbat, non-transliterated: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

Including services for Shabbat and texts for more than a hundred songs, Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement. This volume is for Shabbat only and does not include weekday and festival liturgy.

This volume does not contain transliteration.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations

  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads (additional Shabbat services in linear style also included)
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah

Shabbat, transliterated: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

Including services for Shabbat and texts for more than a hundred songs, Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement.

This volume is for Shabbat only and does not include weekday and festival liturgy.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations
  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Full transliteration
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads (additional Shabbat services in linear style also included)
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Mishkan T'filah

Special Large Print Edition - Three-Volume Set: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

This Special Large Print edition is an oversize three volume set, created with the support of Women of Reform Judaism and in consultation with the Jewish Braille Institute. Each spiral bound volume uses specific layout and fonts meant to make the pages of Mishkan T'filah accessible to those with significant visual impairment.

Available only as a set of 3:
Volume 1 - Shabbat
Volume 2 - Weekdays and Festivals
Volume 3 - Supplementary Material (Blessings for the Home, Songs, Sources, Permissions)
 

Coil Binding
Hebrew-opening
Transliterated

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Mishkan T'filah

Weekdays/Festivals, transliterated: A Reform Siddur

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 0

Includes services for weekdays, festivals, and other occasions of public worship. Mishkan T'filah reflects the full diversity of our Movement, including texts for more than a hundred songs.

This volume is for weekdays and festivals only and does not include Shabbat liturgy.

This Siddur includes:

  • Broad selection of readings, including beloved passages from our Reform liturgical tradition and great poetic writings from throughout Jewish history
  • Faithful, elegant translations

  • Contemporary, gender-inclusive English
  • Theological and stylistic diversity
  • Full transliteration
  • Extensive commentaries, source notes and usage guides
  • More than 100 contemporary and traditional song texts
  • Innovative design in two-page spreads
  • Two-color printing to enhance usability
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Moments That Matter

Marking Transitions in Midlife and Beyond

Rabbi Laura Geller and Rabbi Beth Lieberman

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2025

Moments That Matter offers a fresh perspective on life’s later chapters, transforming them into opportunities for personal growth, meaning, and renewal. With warmth and wisdom, Rabbi Laura Geller and Rabbi Beth Lieberman explore the unique challenges and joys of midlife and beyond, from launching children to launching oneself anew, navigating retirement, downsizing and moving, facing illness and caregiving, and embracing love at any age. The chapters weave Jewish wisdom with practical rituals, interspersed with personal stories and ways to adapt each ceremony for a communal setting. Moments That Matter empowers readers to embrace these milestones with creativity and intention, offering tools to craft personalized and deeply moving rituals that honor the complexity of this rich stage of life.

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