%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj
<>
endobj
2 0 obj
<>stream
2012-07-10T16:39:09-04:00
2012-07-10T16:39:09-04:00
2012-07-10T16:39:09-04:00
application/pdf
June 17, 2004
uuid:4d1ea820-3c66-d945-adf1-5c7b386c3cb1
uuid:db6c251e-edeb-c54d-8a16-989767d8e740
Acrobat Web Capture 9.0
endstream
endobj
5 0 obj
<>
endobj
6 0 obj
<>
endobj
3 0 obj
<>
endobj
7 0 obj
<>
endobj
8 0 obj
<>
endobj
13 0 obj
<>>>
endobj
14 0 obj
<>
endobj
15 0 obj
<>
endobj
17 0 obj
[16 0 R 16 0 R]
endobj
16 0 obj
<>
endobj
12 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
18 0 obj
<>stream
BT
/Artifact <>BDC
/TT0 1 Tf
9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm
(June 17, 2004)Tj
EMC
/Artifact <>BDC
0 -86 TD
(file:///Maqom_070912/jun17_2004.html)Tj
16.194 0 Td
([7/10/12 4:39:09 PM])Tj
EMC
ET
/CS0 cs 1 scn
10 765.75 591.75 -729.75 re
f
/Article <>BDC
EMC
BT
/Article <>BDC
/CS1 cs 0 0.659 0.902 scn
/TT1 1 Tf
18 0 0 18 16 744 Tm
[(CURRENT)-14( TALMUD)-14( PASSAGE)]TJ
/CS0 cs 0 scn
/TT0 1 Tf
12 0 0 12 16 714 Tm
[(Posted)-20( June)-42( 17, 2004 by Rabbi)-48( Judy)-48( Abrams.)-21( Please)-7( refer)-50( to)-34( Maqom's)-7( home)-28( page)-49( for)-21( information)-28( about)-28( previous)]TJ
0 -1.125 TD
(passages.)Tj
/TT1 1 Tf
18 0 0 18 16 667.5 Tm
(BH)Tj
/CS1 cs 0.4 0.2 0 scn
0 -2.333 TD
[(ALEINU:)-28( THE)-13( CLIMAX)-1( OF)-28( MYSTICAL)-28( ASCENSION)]TJ
0 -1.167 TD
[(\251)-3( Judith)-13( Z.)-41( Abrams,)-14( 2004)]TJ
/CS0 cs 0 scn
/TT0 1 Tf
12 0 0 12 16 574.5 Tm
[(What)-21( is)-20( the)-28( emotion)-34( felt)-42( by most)-55( people,)-21( clergy)-1( and)-56( laity,)-34( upon hearing)-1( the)-28( call)-56( to)-34( rise)-56( for)-21( Aleinu)-28(?)-56( Relief.)-56( The)-7( service)]TJ
0 -1.125 TD
[(is)-20( almost)-20( over.)-35( This)-34( is)-20( definitely)-42( the)-28( ninth)-6( inning.)-6( A)-28( rousing song)-48( before)-8( the)-28( open)-56( ark)-35( and)-56( then)-28( bittersweet)-49( Kaddish)-42( and)]TJ
T*
[(perhaps)-15( a)-56( closing)-48( song)-48( and)-56( benediction)-21( and)-56( we're)-2( "outta)-29( here".)-58( What)-21( a)-56( pity)-6( that this)-55( powerful)-15( piece)-15( of)-42( liturgy)-20( is)]TJ
T*
[(consigned)-7( to)-34( such)-42( a)-56( fate.)]TJ
0 -2.125 TD
[(In)-42( Ma'aseh)-22( Merkavah,)-8( one)-56( of)-42( the)-28( forms)-42( of)-42( mysticism)-13( that existed)-42( during)-14( the)-28( rabbinic)-35( era)-29( \(70)-42(-)-42(500 C.E.\),)-14( the)-28( Aleinu)-28( \(in)]TJ
0 -1.125 TD
[(singular)-28( form,)-56( i.e.,)-28( "Alai"\))-4( is)-20( the)-28( prayer)-8( the)-28( mystical)-48( journeyer)-43( utters)-28( upon reaching)-57( the)-28( seventh,)-7( final)-42( heavenly)-15( hall. It)]TJ
T*
[(is)-20( a)-56( song)-48( of)-42( triumph.)-20( The)-7( long)-34( pilgrimage)-42( is)-20( over)-35( and)-56( the)-28( journeyer)-43( stands at)-28( the)-28( very)-35( footstool)-6( of)-42( God,)-28( having)-28( made)]TJ
T*
[(his/her)-28( way)-21( through)-14( all the)-28( seven)-35( heavenly)-15( halls.)-48( In)-42( many)-28( prayer)-8( books)-48( the)-28( Aleinu)-28( comes)-7( after)-43( the)-28( Kaddish)-42( and)-56( is)]TJ
T*
[(completed)-21( with)-34( a)-56( recitation)-35( of)-42( the)-28( Shema.)]TJ
T*
[(In)-42( the)-28( Merkavah)-8( literature)-15( the)-28( Aleinu)-28( is)-20( an)-56( individual's prayer)-8( and)-56( reads)-15( as)-42( follows:)]TJ
/CS1 cs 0.6 0 0 scn
2.5 -2.125 Td
[(It)-14( is)-20( incumbent)-28( upon me)-28( to)-34( praise)-49( the)-28( Lord)-56( of)-42( all;)-34( to)-34( ascribe)-43( greatness)-29( to)-34( the)-28( Former)-56( of)-42( Creation,)-56( who)-28( did)]TJ
T*
[(not)-34( make)-21( us)-48( like the)-28( nations)-48( of)-42( the)-28( lands)-14( and)-56( did)-34( not)-34( place)-15( us)-48( like the)-28( families)-28( of)-42( the)-28( earth.)-1( Who)-56( did)-34( not)]TJ
T*
[(place)-15( my)-34( lot)-6( among)-28( them and)-56( my)-34( destiny)-48( among)-28( all their)-42( masses.)-42( For)-48( they)-28( bow)-28( down)-28( to)-34( vanity and)]TJ
T*
[(emptiness and)-56( pray)-35( to)-34( a)-56( god who)-28( cannot)-21( save.)-35( But)-55( I)-42( pray)-35( before)-8( the)-28( King of)-42( kings,)-20( the)-28( Holy One,)-21( blessed)]TJ
T*
[(be)-56( He.)-21( \(Michael)-15( D.)-28( Swartz.)-35( Mystical Prayer)-15( in)-34( Ancient)-21( Judaism,)-34( p. 228\).)]TJ
/CS0 cs 0 scn
-2.5 -2.125 Td
[(The)-7( rather)-43( inflammatory)-56( assertion)-7( that others)-56( bow)-28( to)-34( emptiness is)-20( excised)-1( from)-56( Ashkenazic)-22( prayer)-8( books)-48( but)-34( can)-49( still)]TJ
T*
[(be)-56( found)-42( in)-34( Sephardic)-1( prayer)-8( books.)-48( Some)-34( Sephardic)-1( congregations)-15( do not)-34( go on to)-34( recite)-29( the)-28( second)-35( part)-7( of)-42( the)-28( Aleinu)]TJ
T*
[(as)-42( we)-21( find)-14( it)-6( in)-34( our)-42( prayer)-8( books)-48( today)-28( which)-56( expresses)-43( the)-28( hope)-56( that the)-28( messianic)-56( age)-49( will)-6( arrive)-43( quickly and)-56( that)]TJ
T*
[(God's)-21( name)-21( shall)-48( be)-56( one.)]TJ
/TT1 1 Tf
0 -2.125 TD
[(Discussion)-61( Questions:)]TJ
/TT0 1 Tf
1.25 -2.125 Td
(1)Tj
(. )Tj
1.25 0 Td
[(Try)-56( saying)-14( the)-28( Aleinu)-28( in)-34( the)-28( first)-14( person)-21( rather)-43( than)-28( the)-28( second)-35( person.)-21( Does)-7( it)-6( make)-21( the)-28( prayer)-8( different)-57( for)]TJ
0 -1.125 TD
[(you?)-56( In)-42( what)-56( ways)-7(?)-56( Would)-28( like to)-34( see)-35( this)-55( version)-56( of)-42( the)-28( prayer)-8( adopted)-21( in)-34( daily and/or)-7( weekly)-49( services)-29(?)]TJ
/Span<>> BDC
T*
( )Tj
EMC
-1.25 -1.125 Td
(2)Tj
(. )Tj
1.25 0 Td
[(Would)-28( including)-34( the)-28( Shema)-28( at)-28( the)-28( end)-56( help)-28( you make)-21( sense)-21( of)-42( the)-28( verse)-15( from)-56( Zechariah)-2( 14:9:)-6( "On)-57( that day)-56( God)]TJ
T*
[(shall)-48( be)-56( one)-56( and)-56( God's)-21( name)-21( shall)-48( be)-56( one.")-23(?)-56( What)-21( do you think)-6( that verse)-15( actually)-21( means)-7(?)]TJ
/Span<>> BDC
T*
( )Tj
EMC
-1.25 -1.125 Td
(3)Tj
(. )Tj
1.25 0 Td
[(Should)-41( the)-28( Aleinu)-28( be)-56( placed)-15( after)-43( the)-28( Kaddish)-42(?)-56( Should)-41( synagogue)-35( services)-29( contain)-56( traces)-43( of)-42( ancient)-49( Jewish)]TJ
T*
[(mystical)-48( practices)-8(?)]TJ
/Span<>> BDC
T*
( )Tj
EMC
-1.25 -1.125 Td
(4)Tj
(. )Tj
1.25 0 Td
[(How)-56( do you feel)-1( about)-28( the)-28( statement)-42( that, "They)-37( bow)-28( to)-34( emptiness.")-29(?)]TJ
-2.5 -2.125 Td
[(I)-42( look)-34( forward)-22( to)-34( your)-42( answers!)]TJ
EMC
ET
endstream
endobj
19 0 obj
<>
endobj
20 0 obj
(fj|@'[k>
endobj
24 0 obj
<>
endobj
28 0 obj
<>
endobj
29 0 obj
<>
endobj
26 0 obj
<>
endobj
27 0 obj
<>
endobj
21 0 obj
[/ICCBased 30 0 R]
endobj
22 0 obj
[/ICCBased 31 0 R]
endobj
31 0 obj
<>stream
HyTSwoɞc
[5laQIBHADED2mtFOE.c}088GNg9w߽ '0 ֠Jb
2y.-;!KZ ^i"L0-
@8(r;q7Ly&Qq4j|9
V)gB0iW8#8wթ8_٥ʨQQj@&A)/g>'K t;\
ӥ$պFZUn(4T%)뫔0C&Zi8bxEB;Pӓ̹Aom?W=
x- [ 0}y)7ta>jT7@tܛ`q2ʀ&6ZLĄ?_yxg)˔zçLU*uSkSeO4?c. R
߁-25 S>ӣVd`rn~Y&+`;A4 A9 =-tl`;~p Gp| [`L`< "AYA+Cb(R, *T2B-
ꇆnQt}MA0alSx k&^>0|>_',G!"F$H:R!zFQd?r9\A&GrQhE]a4zBgE#H *B=0HIpp0MxJ$D1D, VĭKĻYdE"EI2EBGt4MzNr!YK ?%_(0J:EAiQ(()ӔWT6U@P+!~mDeԴ!hӦh/']B/ҏӿ?a0nhF!X8܌kc&5S6lIa2cKMA!E#ƒdV(kel
}}Cq9
N')].uJr
wG xR^[oƜchg`>b$*~ :Eb~,m,-ݖ,Y¬*6X[ݱF=3뭷Y~dó tizf6~`{v.Ng#{}}jc1X6fm;'_9 r:8q:˜O:ϸ8uJqnv=MmR 4
n3ܣkGݯz=[==<=GTB(/S,]6*-W:#7*e^YDY}UjAyT`#D="b{ų+ʯ:!kJ4Gmt}uC%K7YVfFY.=b?SƕƩȺy
چk5%4m7lqlioZlG+Zzmzy]?uuw|"űNwW&e֥ﺱ*|j5kyݭǯg^ykEklD_p߶7Dmo꿻1ml{Mś
nLl<9O [$h՛BdҞ@iءG&vVǥ8nRĩ7u\ЭD- u`ֲK³8%yhYѹJº;.!
zpg_XQKFAǿ=ȼ:ɹ8ʷ6˶5̵5͵6ζ7ϸ9к<Ѿ?DINU\dlvۀ܊ݖޢ)߯6DScs
2F[p(@Xr4Pm8Ww)Km
endstream
endobj
30 0 obj
<>stream
Hb``$WR~|@T#2S/`M.(*(%8H8c-
fԉd9@6_IjH9(3=DR1%?)U!$5X3/9 ($5j%V*'&*r" (,!!0b;CҢ2(ɘ I8/
endstream
endobj
25 0 obj
[/ICCBased 32 0 R]
endobj
32 0 obj
<>stream
HyTSwoɞc
[5laQIBHADED2mtFOE.c}088GNg9w߽ '0 ֠Jb
2y.-;!KZ ^i"L0-
@8(r;q7Ly&Qq4j|9
V)gB0iW8#8wթ8_٥ʨQQj@&A)/g>'K t;\
ӥ$պFZUn(4T%)뫔0C&Zi8bxEB;Pӓ̹Aom?W=
x- [ 0}y)7ta>jT7@tܛ`q2ʀ&6ZLĄ?_yxg)˔zçLU*uSkSeO4?c. R
߁-25 S>ӣVd`rn~Y&+`;A4 A9 =-tl`;~p Gp| [`L`< "AYA+Cb(R, *T2B-
ꇆnQt}MA0alSx k&^>0|>_',G!"F$H:R!zFQd?r9\A&GrQhE]a4zBgE#H *B=0HIpp0MxJ$D1D, VĭKĻYdE"EI2EBGt4MzNr!YK ?%_(0J:EAiQ(()ӔWT6U@P+!~mDeԴ!hӦh/']B/ҏӿ?a0nhF!X8܌kc&5S6lIa2cKMA!E#ƒdV(kel
}}Cq9
N')].uJr
wG xR^[oƜchg`>b$*~ :Eb~,m,-ݖ,Y¬*6X[ݱF=3뭷Y~dó tizf6~`{v.Ng#{}}jc1X6fm;'_9 r:8q:˜O:ϸ8uJqnv=MmR 4
n3ܣkGݯz=[==<=GTB(/S,]6*-W:#7*e^YDY}UjAyT`#D="b{ų+ʯ:!kJ4Gmt}uC%K7YVfFY.=b?SƕƩȺy
چk5%4m7lqlioZlG+Zzmzy]?uuw|"űNwW&e֥ﺱ*|j5kyݭǯg^ykEklD_p߶7Dmo꿻1ml{Mś
nLl<9O [$h՛BdҞ@iءG&vVǥ8nRĩ7u\ЭD- u`ֲK³8%yhYѹJº;.!
zpg_XQKFAǿ=ȼ:ɹ8ʷ6˶5̵5͵6ζ7ϸ9к<Ѿ?DINU\dlvۀ܊ݖޢ)߯6DScs
2F[p(@Xr4Pm8Ww)Km
endstream
endobj
11 0 obj
<>
endobj
33 0 obj
<