The book Rendezvous With God, Revealing the Meaning of the Jewish Holiday and Their Mysterious Rituals, by Rabbi Nathan Laufer, Publisher: Maggid, Hardcover, 310 pages.
About the book Rendezvous with God
A highly original holiday book, Rendezvous with God will make you see the holidays as you have never seen them before. In the words of R. Yitz Greenberg:
'In this wondrous book, Nathan Laufer gives us a stunningly fresh reading of the biblical holidays, illustrating how they celebrate the seven revelations of the Divine Presence during the first year of the marriage of God and Israel. A remarkable tour de force, Rendezvous with God weaves together thousands of biblical rituals with later rabbinic ordinances and popular holiday customs into a seamless whole, inseparably uniting Judaism's ethical and ritual dimensions. The book is so rich, it will provide understanding and pleasure to every kind of reader - from the wise, informed expert to the unlearned lay reader.
About the Author of Rendezvous with God
Rabbi Nathan Laufer teaches and lectures across North America on issues of leadership. He is the founding director of PELIE: Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education, a national initiative to improve Jewish supplemental education throughout the United States. He received his leadership educator certification from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law. He is also an ordained rabbi.