Days of Awe

Table Of Contents

FOREWORD BY Arthur Green • vii
INTRODUCTION BY Judah Goldin • xix
PREFACE: The Argument of the Work • xliii
 
BOOK ONE: ROSH HA-SHANAH 
I. The Motive of Rosh ha-Shanah • 11
II. Elul: A Month of Preparation • 16
III. The Sabbath before Rosh ha-Shanah • 26
IV. Selihot: Penitential Prayers • 30
V. The Eve of Rosh ha-Shanah: “Remember the Covenant: • 38
VI. The Evening and Its Service • 48
VII. The Morning and Its Service • 56
VIII. The Blast of the Ram’s-Horn • 64
IX. The Additional Prayer: Kingships, Remembrances, Ram’s-Horns • 81
X. The Afternoon: The Casting • 92
XI. The Second Day of Rosh ha-Shanah • 100
 
BOOK TWO: THE DAYS BETWEEN ROSH HA-SHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR
I. Seek Ye the Lord • 109
II. The Laws and Customs of the Ten Days of Teshuvah • 122
III. The Fast of Gedaliah • 130
IV. The Sabbath of Return • 130
V. The Thirteen Qualities • 141
VI. The Eve of Yom Kippur • 147
VII. The Afternoon Prayer for the Eve of Yom Kippur • 165
VIII. The Final Preparations for Yom Kippur • 167

BOOK THREE: YOM KIPPUR
I. The Significance of the Day • 183
II. Restriction • 190
III. Before Kol Nidre • 203
IV. Kol Nidre and the Night of Yom Kippur • 210
V. The Gates of Compassion • 225
Vi. The Morning Service and the Memorial Prayer • 237
VII. The Additional Prayer: The Service of the High Priest • 237
VIII. The Afternoon Prayer • 261
IX. Neilah: The Closing of the Gates • 265
X. ‘Hear O Israel’ and the Final Blast • 267
XI. The Close of Yom Kippur • 272
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY • 281
PUBLISHER’S NOTE • 296