viii [morning b'rakhot] ...celebrate the renewal of life with each new day. These b'rakhot express an awareness of human mortality and gratitude -- for God's fits of body and soul, for compassion, for the Torah, and for our covenant with Adonai... [Passages of Song, P'sukei D'zimra] Proper concentration while reciting the words of these sections can help us to approach the core of our worship in the proper spirit, with an informed heart --freely, openly, and gladly.The basic component of this section consists of Psalms 145 through 150.
xii [Kaddish] ...The Kaddish, in any form, is recited only in the presence of a minyan [10 adult Jews], since it is an act of praising God in public.
xiii [On the Liturgy of the Conservative Movement] ...these same liturgical formulations in addressing our Creator, confronting challenges of faith, and expressing gratitude and praise... One of its [this edition] aims was "to endow the traditional Jewish service with all the beauty and dignity befitting it."
xiv ...to praise God for having created each individual in the image of the Divine, as a free person, and as a Jew, rather than the traditional version, which expresses gratitude for not having been created a woman, a slave, or a non-Jew.
xvii [translations] ...English usage has undergone many changes. The most obvious example is the way we have begun speaking about God. As our society has grown more egalitarian and inclusive, a new sensitivity has emerged to the God-language we have always used, with its excessive dependence on masculine imagery... "Adonai" may be only a pious substitute for the original revealed name of God...
xviii ...used the active form, "who RULES the universe," indicating that our praise of God is for the act of guiding our world and making us holy through mitzvot... [Kaddish word choice for 'God'] thus signifying that God wishes His name to be exalted in the world that He created, but that only we have the ability to make that happen.
xxi [book title Sim Shalom (Grant Peace)] appropriate as a symbol of our people's eternal longing for peace.
374 [from Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)] ..There is not one righteous person on earth; who does only good and never sins.>Eat your bread in gladness and drink your wine in joy; for God as already approved of your action::Enjoy life with the one you love all the fleeting days of your life that have been granted you under the sun.>Do with all your might what ever you are able to do.There is no activity, no thought, no wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
jpg392 I am a Jew (adapted from Edmund Fleg)
jpg393 Facing life changes (Debbie Perlman)
jpg357 One Thing I ask of God (Harold Kushner)
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