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This is real and you are completely unprepared : the Days of Awe as a journey of transformation / Alan Lew.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, [2018]Copyright date: ©2003Edition: First Back Bay paperback edition, July 2018Description: xiv, 274 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316830201 (paperback)
  • 0316830208 (paperback)
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Contents:
1 The Soul Stretches Out to Contain Itself: A Map of the Journey 3 -- 2 Everywhere He Went, He Was Heading for Home: Teshuvah 19 -- 3 I Turned, the Walls Came Down, and There I Was: Tisha B'av 35 -- 4 The Horn Blew and I Began to Wake Up: Elul 64 -- 5 This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: Selichot 93 -- 6 The Horn Blows, the Gates Swing Open, and We Feel the Winds of Heaven: Rosh Hashanah 113 -- 7 What the Soul Does While the Gates Are Still Open: The Ten Days of Teshuvah 151 -- 8 The Soul Hears Its Name Being Called: Kol Nidre 176 -- 9 Death and Yom Kippur Atone 212 -- 10 The Gates Clang Shut: Neilah 256 -- Epilogue: The Stars Are Shining on My Head: Sukkot 263.
Summary: A guide to the Days of Awe, a period in which members of the Jewish faith participate in a series of prayers and rituals that reenact the soul's experiences of a lifetime and open themselves to God.
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In this "journey of spiritual transformation" ( Publishers Weekly ) award winning author Rabbi Alan Lew follows the practices and rituals of the Jewish High Holy Days and guides readers through heartbreak, contemplation, and re-birth.



There are times in life when we are caught utterly unprepared: a death in the family, the end of a relationship, a health crisis. These are the times when the solid ground we thought we stood on disappears beneath our feet, leaving us reeling and heartbroken, as we stumble back to our faith.



The Days of Awe encompass the weeks preceding Rosh Hashanah up to Yom Kippur, a period in which Jews take part in a series of rituals and prayers that reenact the journey of the soul through the world from birth to death. This is a period of contemplation and repentance, comparable to Lent and Ramadan. Yet, for Rabbi Alan Lew, the real purpose of this annual passage is for us to experience brokenheartedness and open our heart to God.



In This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared , Lew has marked out a journey of seven distinct stages, one that draws on these rituals to awaken our soul and wholly transform us. Weaving together Torah readings, Buddhist parables, Jewish fables and stories from his own life, Lew lays bare the meanings of this ancient Jewish passage. He reveals the path from terror to acceptance, confusion to clarity, doubt to belief, and from complacency to awe.



In the tradition of When Bad Things Happen to Good People , This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared enables believers of all faiths to reconnect to their faith with a passion and intimacy that will resonate throughout the year.

"Originally published in August 2003."

A guide to the Days of Awe, a period in which members of the Jewish faith participate in a series of prayers and rituals that reenact the soul's experiences of a lifetime and open themselves to God.

1 The Soul Stretches Out to Contain Itself: A Map of the Journey 3 -- 2 Everywhere He Went, He Was Heading for Home: Teshuvah 19 -- 3 I Turned, the Walls Came Down, and There I Was: Tisha B'av 35 -- 4 The Horn Blew and I Began to Wake Up: Elul 64 -- 5 This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: Selichot 93 -- 6 The Horn Blows, the Gates Swing Open, and We Feel the Winds of Heaven: Rosh Hashanah 113 -- 7 What the Soul Does While the Gates Are Still Open: The Ten Days of Teshuvah 151 -- 8 The Soul Hears Its Name Being Called: Kol Nidre 176 -- 9 Death and Yom Kippur Atone 212 -- 10 The Gates Clang Shut: Neilah 256 -- Epilogue: The Stars Are Shining on My Head: Sukkot 263.

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