The riches of the Jewish year with its high and holy days, its times of preparation and celebration are opened up for all in this anthology of prayer which draws deeply on the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament and the Jewish spiritual tradition. Christian readers will be enriched by a deeper encounter with the roots of their own faith and the patterns of prayer and worship by which many Christian rituals and observances are shaped. The reader is guided through the Jewish holy year and discovers the significance of the special days and festivals. In addition, various sections focus on universal human experience – suffering, human longing, self-examination and more. This is a prayer book for all occasions and needs and will make a valuable contribution to deeper and more informed understanding of the world’s great faiths. Charles Middleburgh and Andrew Goldstein come from a Liberal Jewish rabbi context and with Canterbury Press have partnered to deliver us one of the most beautiful cover-leaf, hardback book, I've handled in years. This is a truly excellent coffee-table style book created in forty chapters for the reader. Truly attractive in format and precious in the Judeo-Christian wisdom contained within.