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עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ | Aleinu, interpretive translation by Joshua Gutoff
Contributed on: 21 Oct 2013 by ❧
A “redemptive translation” of Aleinu emphasizing universalist Jewish values. . . .
ברוכה הבאה | Blessed be the newcomer!, a ceremony for the naming of a baby daughter by Joshua Gutoff (ca. 1989)
Contributed on: 21 Apr 2019 by ❧
A ceremony for the naming of a baby daughter. . . .
Masking the Liturgy: a pedagogy for learning the Siddur, by Rabbi Dr. Joshua Gutoff (2003)
Contributed on: 21 Jun 2015 by ❧
I wanted my students to start thinking of prayers as expressions of an interior world, rather than as descriptions of the exterior one. I suggested to them that they think of a prayer as a kind of mask, much like the ones worn in religious rituals by many peoples. The job of the mask-wearer is to discover the reality on the “inside” of the mask and bring it to life. . . .
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