Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and to My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows-Kol Nidre; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor; and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament and The Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; co-author of The Bible and the Believer; and author of How to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio's Fresh Air by Terry Gross.

About My People's Prayerbook
Introduction to the Liturgy Of Kabbalat Shabbat: Politics, Piety, and Poetry
Lawrence A. Hoffman
Kabbalat Shabbat: A Liturgy from Psalms
Marc Zvi Brettler
Shedding Feminist Light on the Sabbath Candles
Wendy I. Zierler
The Mystical Spirituality of Safed
Sharon Koren
Introduction to the Commentaries: How to Look for Meaning in the Prayers
Lawrence A. Hoffman

The Liturgy of Kabbalat Shabbat
1. From the Kabbalists of Safed
A. 95¿99, 29: Psalms to Welcome Shabbat
I. Psalm 95
II. Psalm 96
III. Psalm 97
IV. Psalm 98
V. Psalm 99
VI. Psalm 29
B. Greeting the Sabbath Queen and Bride
I. Ana B¿khöach ("By the Might¿"): A Mystical Meditation
II. L¿khah Dodi (¿Go Forth My Love¿¿): The Divine Union of Bride and Groom

2. From Medieval Eretz Yisrael: Psalms for Sacred Occasions
A. Psalm 92: A Psalm for the Sabbath Day
B. Psalm 93: A Psalm to Introduce Sacred Time

3. From Medieval Babylonia: Emphasizing Shabbat Light
A. Bameh Madlikin (¿With What May We Light¿¿)
I. Mishnah Shabbat 2:1¿Laws Of Wicks
II. Mishnah Shabbat 2:6¿Responsibilities of Women
III. Mishnah Shabbat 2:7¿Shabbat Preparation
IV. Berakhot 64a: Torah Brings Peace

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