On Changes in Jewish Liturgy
Options & Limitations

 

By Daniel Sperber
August 2010
Urim Publications
Distributed by Coronet Books
ISBN: 9789655240405
222 pages
$25.95 Hardcover

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Although Jewish liturgy has its roots in antiquity, it evolved and developed throughout the ages to emerge in its present, largely standardized form. However, in some aspects, it is archaic, containing passages and statements that apply more to past eras than to the present day. In some cases, these passages may even be offensive to certain segments of our society.

It is for this reason that this book attempts to delineate the parameters of halachically permissible changes in Jewish liturgy -- changes that have precedents in traditional sources and that may correct anachronisms and defuse possible conflict, thus enhancing the experience of prayer for an ever-widening spectrum of Orthodox Jewry.

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