From the Publisher "Mahanaim"
La Roche Hashanah and Yom Kippur - the days when even far from the traditions of his people the Jews come to the synagogue, trying to feel part of the Jewish people, to participate in public prayer, to realize their involvement in our ancient heritage. But if one is visiting the synagogue becomes deep cleansing spiritual experience, for others it is sometimes overshadowed by a sense of unease and confusion even covering them when trying to understand complicated texts holiday prayer book, Machzor. It's hard to feel part of a community where people around the utter unintelligible words and perform the actions that are so familiar to them, but they can look very strange in the eyes of the person has not received a traditional education, even harder to try to do it all with them.
Maḥzor "Gates of Repentance" Russian-speaking Jew is to facilitate this task. All texts in it translated into modern Russian language, With clear explanations and even graphic symbols that make easy to quickly find Maḥzor understand what the text is read at the moment, when to sit down, and when - to get up, which inserts are read only in the case of when the holiday falls on a given day of the week, etc. Comments on Maḥzor help the reader to understand the answers to the questions about the meaning of the prayers, their origins, etc. The book also includes a number of articles telling about the holidays La Roche Hashanah and Yom Kippur, their laws and customs, their basic ideas, their philosophy. These articles are written specifically for the Russian-speaking readers: they are based on the classical Jewish sources, but presents them in a modern language, using a system of concepts, which is close and accessible is not familiar with the tradition of the reader. Among the items - translation of the major Jewish thinkers of our time Rabbi Soloveitchik, ID, an excerpt from the works of Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon, and more. The book also contains a detailed commentary on passages from the Tanakh, read on Rosh Hashanah ba (Sacrifice of Isaac) and Yom Kippur (the Book of Jonah).
When work on this Maḥzor we used the experience we have gained while working on Sidur "Shaarei Tefillah" / "Gates of Prayer." Thus, the Siddur and Machzor are beginning a series that we hope to continue.
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