Cup of Salvation - Softcover

Pesach Wolicki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9652299359 ISBN 13: 9789652299352

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, 2018

Synopsis

Authored by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Cup of Salvation: A Powerful Journey Through King David's Psalms of Praise is a careful study of the original Hebrew text of Psalms 113-118, also known as the "Hallel", leading us on a journey of praise and worship for all that God does in our lives.
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki is a renowned Bible educator and speaker. Rabbi Wolicki currently serves as Associate Director at the Center for Jewish Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem.
Endorsements:
Imagine sitting with six friends, old friends whom you truly believe you know, not casually but intimately. Yet a third party arrives and begins to show you who they really are, how they think, their deepest feelings and most profound insights. You find you are amazed. These friends are far deeper, far more complex than you had realized. They not only tell you things about themselves but they speak you about who you are and who God is. The six friends are the Psalms in The Great Hallel, Psalms 113-118. The interlocutor in this scene, the third party is Rabbi Pesach Wolicki and I highly recommend his lovely new book. Let a Rabbi from Jerusalem take you deeper into Hallel and, as never before, you will love these Psalms and the God whom they praise.
Mark Rutland, President of Global Servants

The Psalms embody the prayers of Israel s worship and the great Hallel (Ps 113-118) is particularly meaningful to the Jewish community. It is the praise given for the miraculous deliverance at Passover and now for the establishment of the State of Israel. It is meaningful for the Christian community because it is connected to the hymn sung at the Last Supper. Rabbi Wolicki s insightful new book follows the path of legendary Bible commentator Rashi by probing the foundational meanings and expressions of the Hebrew text. Rabbi Wolicki uses the Bible to interpret the Bible. He skillfully unpacks Torah wisdom embedded in the Psalms. His personal commentary provides fresh spiritual meaning and practical application. His work is sure to challenge each reader with a new depth of awareness for the miraculous in history and the need to express praise for covenant fidelity and for divine mercy.
Dr. Brad Young, PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY, Oral Roberts University

The disciples sang a hymn at the end of their Passover meal (Mt 26:30). What hymn did they sing? There is little doubt that they sang the Hallel psalms 113-118, the psalms that Rabbi Wolicki explains with accessible and fascinating erudition in this book. Christians will profit immensely by learning what these Hebrew words mean and by seeing how Orthodox Jewish scholars understand these ancient Scriptures.
Prof. Gerald McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School. Author of Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land

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About the Author:

Biography Rabbi Pesach Wolicki serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding & Cooperation (CJCUC) as well as heads its Blessing Bethlehem program, an initiative that supports and preserves the Christian community in the birthplace of Christianity by providing weekly food deliveries to Christian Arabs in need. He is completing a devotional on Psalm 113-118 (known as Hallel) entitled Cup of Salvation that will be published in Fall of 2017 as part of CJCUC s Day to Praise prayer project, where Jews and Christians pray the Hallel together on Israel s Independence Day. Rabbi Wolicki has been a guest lecturer in churches, Christian colleges and seminaries across the United States and Canada. His columns and commentaries on the topic of Jewish-Christian relations appear regularly in Israeli media. He is known and appreciated for his engaging, welcoming, and interactive teaching style. He is a regular lecturer at CJCUC s weekly Bible study programs hosted at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Rabbi Wolicki and CJCUC s Executive Director, David Nekrutman have just launched a new Bible podcast Cup of Salvation that explores Psalms 113-118, produced by Jewishcoffeehouse.com. Prior to joining CJCUC, Rabbi Wolicki served for twelve years as Dean of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, a post secondary academy of higher Torah learning. He is widely respected in the world of Jewish education as an innovator. He is known and appreciated for his engaging, welcoming, and interactive teaching style. He is a regular lecturer at the CJCUC weekly Bible study programs hosted at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Previously, Rabbi Wolicki served as a communal rabbi in Fairfield, Connecticut and Newport News, Virginia. He is currently writing a commentary of the Hallel Psalms which will be published in the fall of 2017. Rabbi Wolicki and his wife Kate live in Beth Shemesh with their eight children.

Review:

Imagine sitting with six friends, old friends whom you truly believe you know, not casually but intimately. Yet a third party arrives and begins to show you who they really are, how they think, their deepest feelings and most profound insights. You find you are amazed. These friends are far deeper, far more complex than you had realized. They not only tell you things about themselves but they speak you about who you are and who God is. The six friends are the Psalms in The Great Hallel, Psalms 113-118. The interlocutor in this scene, the third party is Rabbi Pesach Wolicki and I highly recommend his lovely new book. Let a Rabbi from Jerusalem take you deeper into Hallel and, as never before, you will love these Psalms and the God whom they praise. --Mark Rutland, President of Global Servants

The Psalms embody the prayers of Israel s worship and the great Hallel (Ps 113-118) is particularly meaningful to the Jewish community. It is the praise given for the miraculous deliverance at Passover and now for the establishment of the State of Israel. It is meaningful for the Christian community because it is connected to the hymn sung at the Last Supper. Rabbi Wolicki s insightful new book follows the path of legendary Bible commentator Rashi by probing the foundational meanings and expressions of the Hebrew text. Rabbi Wolicki uses the Bible to interpret the Bible. He skillfully unpacks Torah wisdom embedded in the Psalms. His personal commentary provides fresh spiritual meaning and practical application. His work is sure to challenge each reader with a new depth of awareness for the miraculous in history and the need to express praise for covenant fidelity and for divine mercy." --Dr. Brad Young, PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY, Oral Roberts University

The disciples sang a hymn at the end of their Passover meal (Mt 26:30). What hymn did they sing? There is little doubt that they sang the Hallel psalms 113-118, the psalms that Rabbi Wolicki explains with accessible and fascinating erudition in this book. Christians will profit immensely by learning what these Hebrew words mean and by seeing how Orthodox Jewish scholars understand these ancient Scriptures. --Prof. Gerald McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School. Author of Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land

About this edition

• Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 9652299359
• ISBN 13: 9789652299352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 319