Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman Articles By Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
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The Centrality of K'vod Ha-met (Honoring the Dead)
Jewish mourning practices center more on the deceased than on concern for the living.
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Blessings Everywhere
The talmudic sages established brief blessings that make everyday events and perceptions into opportunities for spiritual awareness.
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HaMotzi: The Deeper Significance of the Blessing over Bread
These simple words mask a subtle theological statement about the primordial past and the perfected "world to come."
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Does God Hear Our Prayers?
Traditional Judaism answers with an emphatic
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Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ph.D., is Professor of Liturgy at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of The Art of Public Prayer: Not for Clergy Alone, Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide, and The Way Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition.
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