Kabbalat Shabbat: The Grand Unification

BRING NEW SPIRITUAL ENERGY TO YOUR FRIDAY NIGHT SHABBAT CELEBRATION!Debra Band’s new volume…is both visually breathtaking and conceptually very ambitious…This is a book designed to encourage hiddur mitzvah, the amplification of the beauty of carrying out a mitzvah and the deepening of its meaning….It should be invited, like the Sabbath queen, into our homes and Shabbat dinner tables to enliven and deepen our appreciation of Shabbat.—Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance JournalLOOK, LEARN AND BE ILLUMINATED!Original illuminated paintings present every ecstatic prayer, song and custom in the Kabbalat Shabbat service (Ashkenazi tradition), in this Friday night siddur—from before candlelighting through the Grace after Meals.Debra Band’s commentaries on each painting explain their symbolism, interpreting each prayer in the light of both Kabbalah and modern cosmology, physics and biology.New translations and literary commentaries by leading scholar of medieval Hebrew poetry, Raymond P. Scheindlin, enhance your appreciation of the prayers.Preface by beloved scholar of Kabbalah, Arthur Green, explains the origin of the Kabbalat Shabbat tradition.Graceful foreword about the importance of the Kabbalat Shabbat tradition and this book by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.Perfectly accompanied by its own bencher edition, Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification, At the Sabbath Table.Lovingly produced for your enjoyment at the Sabbath table and study throughout the week!AN ELEGANT JEWISH HOSTESS GIFT!As Sabbath arrives on Friday evening, Jewish tradition exults in the completion of Creation. Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification is a full-color illustrated book, essentially a Friday night siddur, offering vivid new Hebrew and English illuminated paintings illustrating the full Sabbath eve liturgy and customs by Debra Band, flowing in traditional Hebrew order, translations and commentary by celebrated scholar of Hebrew poetry and Jewish liturgy, Raymond P. Scheindlin and explanations of the paintings by Debra Band. With imagery drawn from Kabbalah, midrash, the sciences and archeology, the book celebrates the spiritual glory of Creation and the wonder of its physical embodiment as we now see it through the lens of modern science. An inspirational source for prayer, spiritual study and visual pleasure, a glowing and unforgettable gift.A LIFE-LONG GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE BAR- AND BAT-MITZVAH! Read more