Ceremony and Celebration; Introduction to the Holidays
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The MysteryThe Anniversary of CreationThe Kingship of GodThe CoronationExile and ReturnThe Great RenewalIndividual ResponsibilityA Day of JudgementPast, Present and FutureWhat Rosh HaShana Says to Us
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A Brief History of ForgivenessTwo Types of AtonementThe Two Hemispheres UnitedNew Insights into Ancient TextsYom Kippur; How It Changes Us
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The Dual FestivalThe Strangest Book of the BibleWhat Is a Sukka?The Four KindsShemini AtzeretSimhat TorahSukkot for Our Time
Pesah and the Jewish TaskPrefigurations of the ExodusReasons for the CommandsOzymandiasExodus PoliticsThe Future of the PastThe Omer; Three StudiesThe Song of Songs; Faith as LoveRenewing the Covenant; On the Haftara of the Second DayThe Division of the Reed Sea; On the Torah Reading for the Seventh DayEmpathizing with Your Enemies; On Some Laws and Customs of Pesah
The Enigma of ShavuotWhat Happened at Sinai?Ruth; The Book of Loyalty and LoveShavuot Today

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Author: Jonathan Sacks
Bringing together Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’s acclaimed introductions to the Koren Sacks Mahzorim, Ceremony & Celebration reveals the interplay of biblical laws, rabbinic edicts, liturgical themes, communal rituals and profound religious meaning of each of the five central Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot.

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