Nehalel beChol is the newly released weekday siddur from Nevarech Press, joining with the already acclaimed Shabbat volume, Nehalel beShabbat, to make up the two-volume complete prayer book, Siddur Nehalel. Modeled on the vastly popular Nevarech Bencher (Grace After Meals book), which has sold over a half-million copies, Siddur Nehalel awakens its users to the contents of their prayers by juxtaposing photographs that stunningly portray their meanings.
The photos, painstakingly assembled from a wide variety of archives, show the relevance of our prayers to these last hundred years of Jewish history and to our lives today. As we celebrate the Creator for this beautiful world, and for the redemption of the Jewish people and of humanity as a whole, the images bring these central themes of the liturgy to life more forcefully than any siddur before it.
The siddur is “…in a class all by itself. It is so beautiful, so sensitive, so religiously inspired—it brings us to a new level of prayer experience,” said Rabbi Marc D. Angel, Director, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, Rabbi Emeritus at Congregation Shearith Yisrael, NY.
The wholly traditional, beautifully set Hebrew text of Nehalel beChol, like that of Nehalel beShabbat, is superbly readable, incorporating also clear, state-of-the-art pronunciation symbols. The new English translation remains faithful to the Hebrew while boldly revealing the prayers as elegant and vividly contemporary.
With close to 700 awe-inspiring pages and an introduction from Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Nehalel beChol continues the encounter with meaning and majesty already strikingly evoked by Nehalel beShabbat. Images and further information can be seen at www.nehalel.com.
The concept and development of Nehalel, as well as its new English translation, are the work of Michael Haruni. Haruni’s academic research background in philosophy led him to examine the nature of kavanah (the directing of thought) in prayer. He is the creator of the groundbreaking Nevarech Bencher, while his stage plays, especially The Stonemason and STa”M, have explored the relation between faith and identity. He lives in Jerusalem with his family.
