NightShul: Prayer and Poetry Pack a Punch: The Three Festival and High Holiday Liturgy – I

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When:
Thursday, April 30, 2015,
7:30 pm

Location:
East Midwood Jewish Center


Cantor Sam Levine

The magnificence and power of Hebrew prayer come to full fruition in the liturgies of the 3 Festivals (Pesach, Shavu’ot, and Sukkot) and, especially, the High Holydays. In this three-week course, we will look at how the units of prayer are put to work to accentuate these high-points on the Jewish calendar. We will also consider the use of piyyutim (liturgical poems) as adornments to the matbei’a hat’fillah (statutory prayers) and examine how the themes of these special days are brought into full relief by the great medieval poets who authored them.

Prayer and Poetry Pack a Punch, a three-part session running April 16, 23 and 30, is part of NightShul, EMJC’s Thursday-evening learning and social series. $15 per-evening admission; each three-course series is $30 for EMJC members and $36 for non-members.