The Miracle of the Seventh Day: A Guide to the Spiritual Meaning, Significance, and Weekly Practice of the Jewish Sabbath

by Adin Steinsaltz (New York, New York)

• ISBN13: 9780787965457
• ISBN10: 0787965456
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In The Miracle of the Seventh Day, the internationally renowned and highly acclaimed Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz offers the definitive explanation of the miraculous potential of the Sabbath-- what it means, and how it can be observed at home with your family. Much like the Haggadah, the guide to the Passover seder, with its step-by-step directions and explanations, this book provides a simple but complete guide to the spiritual content and ritual practice of the seventh day in the home, including commentary on every appropriate observance, ritual, prayer, and song. The book is both an introduction and a program for observing the Sabbath at home, focused on the core intention and goal of this weekly spiritual renewal.

Author Biography

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is internationally regarded as one of the greatest rabbis of this century and of the last. Scholar, teacher, mystic, scientist, and social critic— and hailed by Time magazine as "once-in-a-millennium scholar"— Rabbi Steinsaltz has been a resident scholar at Yale University, at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, and at the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, D.C. Best known for his monumental translation of and commentary on the Talmud, Rabbi Steinsaltz has also founded a network of educational institutions and outreach programs in the United States, Israel, and the former Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Australia. He is the recipient of the Israel Prize and of the French Order of Arts and Literature. The author of many books including the contemporary classic, The Thirteen Petalled Rose, Rabbi Steinsaltz is widely known throughout the world as an extraordinary teacher. He has been featured on Good Morning America and National Public Radio, as well as in People, Newsweek, and many other publications and media.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Shabbat Eve	p. 9
Candle Lighting	p. 11
Candle-Lighting Blessings	p. 12
Prayer for Women after Lighting the Candles	p. 13
Order of Shabbat Eve	p. 15
Blessing the Children	p. 17
Shalom Aleikhem	p. 18
Ribbon Kol ha'Olamim	p. 20
Eshet Hayil--Introduction	p. 23
Eshet Hayil (Proverbs 31:10-31)	p. 25
Atkinu Seudata	p. 29
Azammer bi'Shvahin	p. 30
Vi'Yhei Raava	p. 34
Kiddush for Shabbat Eve	p. 37
Kiddush for Shabbat Eve	p. 41
Translation of the Kiddush Text	p. 43
Notes to the Kiddush	p. 44
The First Shabbat Meal	p. 49
Washing of Hands	p. 49
Blessing over Bread	p. 49
Shabbat Meals--General-Notes	p. 50
Zemirot for Shabbat Eve	p. 51
Kol Mekaddesh Shvii	p. 51
Menuhah ve'Simhah	p. 56
Mah Yedidut	p. 58
Yom Shabbat Kodesh Hu	p. 61
Yah Ribbon	p. 65
Yom Zeh le'Yisrael	p. 68
Tzamah Nafshi	p. 73
Yah Ekhsof	p. 76
Tzur mi'Shelo Akhalnu	p. 79
Shabbat Day	p. 83
Order of Shabbat Day	p. 85
Atkinu Seudata	p. 85
Asadder li'Seudata	p. 86
Hai Adonai u'Varukh Tzuri	p. 89
Mizmor le'David	p. 91
Kiddush for Shabbat Day	p. 93
Kiddush for Shabbat Day	p. 93
Translation of the Kiddush Text	p. 94
Washing of Hands	p. 95
Blessing over Bread	p. 95
Zemirot for Shabbat Day	p. 96
Barukh Adonai Yom Yom	p. 96
Barukh El Elyon	p. 102
Yom Zeh Mekhubbad	p. 105
Ki Eshmerah Shabbat	p. 107
Shimru Shabbtotai	p. 110
Yom Shabbaton	p. 112
Dror Yikra	p. 115
Shabbat ha'Yom l'Adonai	p. 117
The Third Shabbat Meal	p. 119
Atkinu Seudata	p. 120
Washing of Hands	p. 121
Blessing over Bread	p. 121
Zemirot for the Third Meal	p. 122
Bnei Heikhala	p. 122
Mizmor le'David	p. 123
Commentary to Mizmor le'David	p. 125
Kiddush-like Formulation for the Third Meal	p. 126
Translation of the Kiddush-like Formulation	p. 127
Yedid Nefesh	p. 127
El Mistatter	p. 130
The Departure of Shabbat	p. 135
Gott fun Avrohom	p. 136
The Havdalah Ceremony	p. 137
Havdalah	p. 140
Translation of the Havdalah Text	p. 142
Ha'Mavdil	p. 143
Ribbon ha'Olamim	p. 145
The Melaveh Malkah Meal	p. 149
Atkinu Seudata	p. 150
Washing of Hands	p. 151
Blessing over Bread	p. 151
Zemirot for the Departure of Shabbat	p. 152
Be'Motzaei Yom Menuhah	p. 152
Haddesh Sesoni	p. 155
Agil ve'Esmah	p. 157
Elohim Yisadenu	p. 159
Eli Hish Goali	p. 160
Adir Ayom ve'Nora	p. 162
Ish Hasid Hayah	p. 164
Amar Adonai le'Yaakov	p. 169
Eliyahu ha'Navi	p. 173
Grace after Meals	p. 177
Introduction to the Blessing after Meals	p. 179
Preparations	p. 179
Zimmun	p. 180
Overview	p. 181
Birkat ha'Zan--He Who Provides Sustenance	p. 181
Birkat ha'Aretz--The Blessing for the Land	p. 182
Boneh Yerushalayim--He Who Rebuilds Jerusalem	p. 182
Ha'Tov veha'Meitiv--He Who Is Good and Does Good	p. 183
Ha'Rahaman--The Merciful One	p. 183
Conclusion of the Blessing	p. 184
The Blessing after Meals	p. 185
A Song of Ascents (Psalm 126)	p. 185
Zimmun	p. 186
Zimmun for a Wedding Meal	p. 187
The Blessing	p. 188
He Who Provides Sustenance	p. 188
The Blessing for the Land	p. 188
He Who Rebuilds Jerusalem	p. 191
He Who Is Good and Does Good	p. 193
The Merciful One	p. 194
The Seven Marriage Blessings (Sheva Brakhot)	p. 197
The Blessing after Meals, Translation and Commentary	p. 199
A Song of Ascents (Psalm 126)	p. 199
Zimmun	p. 200
Zimmun for a Wedding Meal	p. 201
The Blessing	p. 202
Birkat ha'Zan--He Who Provides Sustenance	p. 202
Birkat ha'Aretz--The Blessing for the Land	p. 203
Boneh Yerushalayim--He Who Rebuilds Jerusalem	p. 206
Ha'Tov veha'Meitiv--He Who Is Good and Does Good	p. 211
Ha'Rahaman--The Merciful One	p. 212
The Seven Marriage Blessings (Sheva Brakhot)	p. 219
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