These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of Torah - Softcover

Solovy, Alden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881236152 ISBN 13: 9780881236156

Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2023

Synopsis

In These Words, liturgist Alden Solovy distills the Torah into its very essence: the individual words it contains. Echoing the midrash that the Torah has seventy faces, Solovy selects seventy of its Hebrew words that are pregnant with meaning. For each word, he delves into the etymology, translation, and usage, providing deeper insights into familiar texts. Then Solovy presents a beautiful poem--what he calls "poetic midrash"--inspired by and interpreting each word. From b'reishit ("in beginning") to shamayim ("heavens") to zachor ("remember"), These Words will change the way you look at the language of the Torah.

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About the Author

Alden Solovy is a liturgist, author, journalist, and educator. He has written more than 700 pieces of new liturgy, offering a fresh new Jewish voice, challenging the boundaries between poetry, meditation, personal growth, and prayer. His writing was transformed by multiple tragedies, marked in 2009 by the sudden death of his wife from catastrophic brain injury. Solovy's teaching spans from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem to Limmud and Leo Baeck College in the UK, and synagogues throughout North America. The Jerusalem Post called his writing "soulful, meticulously crafted." Huffington Post Religion said "...the prayers reflect age-old yearnings in modern-day situations." Solovy is a three-time winner of the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism. He made aliyah to Israel in 2012, where he hikes, writes, teaches, and learns.

Edition details

• Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881236152
• ISBN 13: 9780881236156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196