Lawrence A. Hoffman 
My People’s Prayer Book Vol 9 [EPUB ebook] 
Welcoming the Night—Minchah and Ma’ariv (Afternoon and Evening Prayer)

ABOUT MY PEOPLE’S PRAYER BOOK ANXIETY AND OPPORTUNITY: THE MOOD OF NIGHTTIME PRAYER Lawrence A. Hoffman INTRODUCTION TO THE LITURGY: THE SHAPE OF MINCHAH AND MA’ARIV. Lawrence A. Hoffman THE HALAKHIC STATUS OF MINCHAH AND MA’ARIV Daniel Landes INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMENTARIES: HOW TO LOOK FOR MEANING IN THE PRAYERS Lawrence A. Hoffman THE LITURGY 1. MA’ARIV (WEEKDAY AND SHABBAT). A. OPENING VERSES I. PSALM 134 II. MISCELLANEOUS VERSES III. V’HU RACHUM (’HE IS MERCIFUL’) B. THE SH’MA AND ITS BLESSINGS I. BLESSING ON CREATION: MA’ARIV ARAVIM (“WHO BRINGS ON EVENING”) II. BLESSING ON REVELATION: AHAVAT OLAM (“ETERNAL LOVE”) III. BLESSING ON REDEMPTION: EMET VE’EMUNAH (“TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY”) IV. BLESSING FOR A SAFE NIGHT: HASHKIVENU (“LIE US DOWN TO PEACE”) V. A FIFTH EVENING BLESSING: BARUKH ADONAI L’OLAM (“BLESSED IS ADONAI FOREVER”). C. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SACRED TIME D. THE AMIDAH. I. A HAVDALAH IN THE AMIDAH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT II. THE K’DUSHAT HAYOM (“SANCTIFICATION OF THE DAY”) FOR SHABBAT MA’ARIV III. THE MA’ARIV BLESSING FOR PEACE: BIRKAT SHALOM E. MAGEN AVOT (“PROTECTING OUR ANCESTORS”) F. THE SYNAGOGUE KIDDUSH. G. COUNTING THE OMER I. KAVVANAH (INTRODUCTORY MEDITATION) II. BLESSING ON COUNTING III. COUNTING IV. PSALM 67 V. ANA B’KHO’AKH (“BY THE MIGHT”) VI. KAVVANAH (CLOSING MEDITATION) H. CLOSING PRAYERS I. PSALM 27 II. PSALM 49 2. MINCHAH (ADDITIONS FOR SHABBAT) A. THE AMIDAH. I. THE K’DUSHAT HAYOM (“SANCTIFICATION OF THE DAY”) FOR SHABBAT MINCHAH II. TSIDKAT’KHA TSEDEK (“YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHT”) FOR SHABBAT MINCHAH About the Contributors List of Abbreviations Glossary

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ph D, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.He has written and edited many books, including All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef and All These Vows—Kol Nidre, the first five volumes in the Prayers of Awe series; the My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and he is coeditor of My People’s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries (all Jewish Lights), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.Rabbi Hoffman is a developer of Synagogue 3000, a transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century.Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ph D, is available to speak on the following topics:A Day of Wine and Moses: The Passover Haggadah and the Seder You Have Always Wanted Preparing for the High Holy Days: How to Appreciate the Liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur The Essence of Jewish Prayer: The Prayer Book in Context and Worship in Our Time Beyond Ethnicity: The Coming Project for North American Jewish Identity Synagogue Change: Transforming Synagogues as Spiritual and Moral Centers for the Twenty-First Century Click here to contact the author.