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לילה של התחלות
Marcia Falk
其他書名
הגדה של פסח
出版
U of Nebraska Press
, 2022-03
主題
Religion / Judaism / General
Religion / Judaism / Rituals & Practice
Religion / Judaism / Sacred Writings
Religion / Prayerbooks / Jewish
ISBN
0827615515
9780827615519
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jmRcEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Night of Beginnings
is a groundbreaking new haggadah for the Passover seder from acclaimed poet, translator, and liturgist Marcia Falk, beautifully designed and illustrated with original color drawings by the author.
Unlike both traditional and new haggadahs, which do not contain a full recounting of the biblical story,
Night of Beginnings
presents the Exodus narrative in its entirety, providing a direct connection to the ancient origins of the holiday. This retelling highlights the actions of its female characters, including Moshe’s sister, Miriam; Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopts the baby Moshe; and the midwives Shifrah and Pu’ah, who save the Hebrew male infants. Falk’s revolutionary new blessings, in Hebrew and English, replace the traditional, patriarchal seder blessings, and her
kavanot
—meditative directions for prayer—introduce a genre new to the seder ritual. Poems, psalms, and songs are arranged to give structural coherence to the haggadah. A new commentary raises interpretive questions and invites us to bring personal reflections into the discussion.
Like the author’s widely acclaimed previous prayer books,
The Book of Blessings
and
The Days Between
, Falk’s poetic blessings for the seder envision the divine as a Greater Whole of which we are an inseparable part. The inclusive language of Falk's blessings makes room for women to find and use their voices more full-throatedly than they were able to do with the male-centered prayers inherited from the early rabbis. Men, too, will encounter here a spiritually moving and thought-provoking experience.