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The Meaning of Repentance
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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it. Prayer…

Contributor:

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Places:

Berlin, Nazi Germany (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1936

Subjects:

Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Repentance, Prayer & liturgy, Theology

Categories:

Theology
Synagogue Service for the New Year
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This illustration depicting Rosh Hashanah services in a synagogue appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy, Conversion

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Print & book culture
Print engraving of large group of people in room with vaulted ceiling, raised platform on left side, open Torah ark, and balcony.