Meta-Siddur Subscription Service: Notes on Packet 4.5 (6/26/95)

Meta-Siddur Subscription Service Here are a few notes on the current (4.5) Meta-Subscription Packet. 6/26/95 Page 16.1 These words were edited by Ted, a Bar Mitzvah student and myself and recited by him before various sections in the prayers. They worked well and involved Ted in the leading of the Davvenen at his Bar Mitzvah. Page 40.1 I am always on the lookout for good metaphors that may serve as signs to mark the gradations of one's spiritual experiences. Contrasting the "Bat Kol" echo with the full blown burning bush experience seemed like a good beginning to map out the stages of Presence. Page 66.3 All I can add to this page is to say that Tu B 'Shevat was the last to be associated with a community building criteria, and it is associated with soft eyes (no judgementalism) because it is nature based, has no laws, and is celebrated in a gentle way. Page 82.1 This has worked well at weddings with each partner saying a different line and the other partner answering with the V' arastikh Li. I thought members of a council or board might also choose statements from here to say to each other, especially the first four statements which I composed based on a fear I had at the time. Page 88.5 I tried to capture the twin pillars of Barukh Sheh'amar and Yishtabakh bracketing the Pesukei DeZinira. The pillars are singable, the center synopses are just that. Page 108.03 Our language speaks of the spiritual more than the religious. I was trying to highlight the centrality, in Hebrew concepts, of this term. I have a sneaking hunch that Ruakh is sometimes associated with the world of Yetzirah, though. Page 60.91-2 New metaphors for the standard parts of davvenen may well set a wider context in which to fit the traditional songs and recitations. Page 158.5-6 are simple teachings that spoke to me. The Source is from a sweet blue booklet called Questions and Answers about Breslov by Avraham Greenbaum available through Breslov Research Institute, 459 N. Spaulding Ave., L.A., Page 182.1-2 Notice, please, that in some songs, wellknown Hebrew melodies can now also be sung to their English translation. These are songs # 6, 7, 8, If you can, please show your Meta-Subscription and Meta-Parshah around to those who might be interested! Zai Gezunt! ?{?Rabbi David Wolfe-Blank 20~bia Av., Kensingt~~-§,rn)g NOTES Because of the heavy demand on my time that the Meta-Parshiot has taken, I have decided to slow down my production of the Meta-Subscription. Some Meta-Subscribers have actually asked me to send packets a little more infrequently as they felt I was sending too much, too quickly. They will be happy with this new arrangement. I have adjusted my dates to make sure that I don't send renewal notices to anyone who has not received ten packets. The Meta-Siddur now costs $40. Meta-Subscribers who have misplaced pages, or are unsure if they have every packet, or just want to see how the latest (4.4) Meta-Siddurs look, and so on: for $20 I will send you a completely up-to-date insert up to version 4.4 (all the pages, about 350 or so) for your binder. You can then recycle your old pages. Meta-Subscribers only, please.