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Jewish liturgy

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jewish liturgy rites, observances, and procedures of Judaism. Communal prayer, with a quorum of ten men (or in some modern communities, ten people), replaced the priests of the Temple cult. There are three daily services, with additional ones for the Sabbath and festivals. The fixed components are the Amidah (the 18 blessings), the Sh'ma (Hear, O Israel), the Kaddish (doxology), Pesukei d'Zimra (psalms for the morning prayer), and Hallel (Psalms 113-118) on festivals. In addition, there is a reading of portions of the Pentateuch and of the Prophets on the Sabbath and on... Read more
Mannheimer, Isaac Noah
...x2013;1865). Rabbi and author of a Reform Jewish liturgy . Mannheimer served as leader of Reform Jewish communities in Copenhagen, Berlin, Leipzig...of the prayer book. He also worked for Jewish civil liberties, and, as an elected member... Read more
Zionism
...dedicated to restoring Erez Israel to the Jewish people. The desire to return to the land of Israel has been preserved in the liturgy and folk consciousness of the Jews of...was ‘to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public...was not supported wholeheartedly by the ... Read more

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