Agnon's Kaddish: Mourning for god.
In response to the daily bloodshed endured by the Jews of the soon to be internationally declared State of Israel, S.Y. Agnon was moved to compose an "Introduction (Petiha) to the Kaddish: After the Funerals of Those Murdered in the Land of Israel." The year was 1947 and the core liturgical expressi...
| Publicado en: | Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 22 - 43 |
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Purdue University Press
Summer2004
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| Sumario: | In response to the daily bloodshed endured by the Jews of the soon to be internationally declared State of Israel, S.Y. Agnon was moved to compose an "Introduction (Petiha) to the Kaddish: After the Funerals of Those Murdered in the Land of Israel." The year was 1947 and the core liturgical expression of Jewish mourning could no longer be recited without addressing both the near annihilation of Eastern European Jewry and the endless human qorbanot which the fledgling Jewish homeland seemed to demand. The continuing losses experienced by the Jews called into question the viability of a prayer which exclusively glorifies God while ignoring those who are killed on His behalf. |
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