14:30-16:00 Ninth Session International Conference Prayer in Kabbalah and Hassidism Chair: Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University Moshe Ha llamish, Bar-Ilan University The Kabbalistic Contribution to the Benedictions of Jewish Prayer: Identity Bracha Sack, Ben-Gurion University New Perspectives Prayer as Shi'ur Qomah Jonatan Meir, Ben-Gurion University The History of Sefer Likutei Tefilot 11-13 Sivan 5773 16:15-17:45 Tenth Session 20.5.2013 - 22.5.2013 Prayer in the Modern Period Barkan Conference Room Chair: Yael Lin, Ben-Gurion University Zlotowski Student Administration Building George Y. Kohler, Bar-Ilan University The Refusal of the Early Reform Rabbis to Abandon The Marcus Family Campus Beer-Sheva Messianic Prayer Texts Zvi Mark, Bar-Ilan University Prayer and Mysticism in the Poetry of Zelda, Yona Wallach and Sivan Har-Shefi Dalia Marx, Hebrew Union College (Jerusalem) From the Rhine Valley to Jezreel Valley: New Formulations of the Kaddish Ben-Gurion University of theNegev 18:00-19:00 Concluding Session Chair: Haim Kreisel, Ben-Gurion University Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem For information: [email protected] The Liturgical Turn from the Kabbalah of Safed to 972-8-6472532 Hasidism Visit the conference website All the lectures in Hebrew unless noted otherwise http://hsf.bgu.ac.il/cjt/prayer The Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought Monday May 20, 2013 Wednesday May 22, 2013 18:00 Opening Session 14:30-16:00 Fourth Session 9:15-10:45 Seventh Session Chair: Uri Ehrlich, Ben-Gurion University The World of Piyyut Studies in the Formulation of the Prayers, 2 Greetings: Chair: Peter Sh. Lehnardt, Ben-Gurion University Chair: Avi Shmidman, Bar-Ilan University Rivka Ca rmi, President, Ben-Gurion University Richard Samuel Sarason, Hebrew Union College. David Newman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Petihta and Piyyut: Exploring the Connections (E) Uri Ehrlich, Ben-Gurion University Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University The Origin of a New Paragraph within the Grace after Joseph Yahalom, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Haim Kreisel, Chair, Goldstein-Goren International Meals Prophecy Discourse in Prayer Center for Jewish Thought Ruth Langer, Boston College Yehoshua Granat, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Avigdor Shinan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Interpreting the Data of Medieval Liturgical Rites: On the Voice of the Individual in Early Piyyut Prayer: There is no Place Empty of it Questions of Method Stefan C. Reif, University of Cambridge, England 16:30-18:00 Fifth Session Tuesday May 21, 2013 The General Content of Ashkenazi, Sefardi and Italian Prayer and the Synagogue: Aeshtetic Aspects 9:15-10:45 Second Session Prayer-Books at the End of the Medieval Period: A Chair: Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ben-Gurion University Prayer in Rabbinic Literature Comparative Analysis of Some Outstanding and Chair: Haim Weiss, Ben-Gurion University Bracha Yaniv, Bar-Ilan University Characteristic Manuscripts The Throne of Glory: On the Design of Torah Arks in Amram Tropper, Ben-Gurion University Eastern Europe in the 18th Century Torah, Worship and the Bestowal of Kindness: From a 11:15:12:45 Eighth Session Blessing to a Saying David M. Cassuto, Ariel University Prayer and the Maimonidean Legacy Synagogue Architecture in the Islamic World Chair: Daniel J. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Ben-Gurion University Prayer in Rabbinic and Monastic Literature Sarit Shalev-Eyni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mordechai A. Friedman, Tel-Aviv University Distraction or Interpretation: The Illumination of the A New Source from the Geniza concerning Abraham Adiel Kadari, Ben-Gurion University Ashkenazi Mahzor Maimonides' Prayer Reform Liturgical Aspects in Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer Hannah Kasher, Bar-Ilan University and Uri 18:45-20:30 Sixth Session 11:15:12:45 Third Session Melammed, The Academy of the Hebrew Language Comtemporary Trends in the World of Prayer Yigdal Elohim Hai - Between Immanuel Ha-Romi and Studies in the Formulation of the Prayers, 1 Chair: Oded Israeli, Ben-Gurion University Daniel Ben Yehudah Ha-Dayyan and within Jewish Chair: Ted Fram, Ben-Gurion University Panel with the participation of: Congregations Hananel Mack, Bar-Ilan University Rani Jaeger, Beit Tfila Israeli Aviram Ravitsky, Ariel University and The Hebrew The Prayers of Daniel, Ezra and Nehemia and the Avraham Leader, The Leader Minyan University of Jerusalem Common Siddur Oshrat Shoham, "Hakhel" Congregation The Commentary of Rabbi Joseph ben Saul to "Laws Shulamit Elizur, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Roni Weinstein, Kehilot Sharot : Singing of Prayer" in the Mishneh Torah Piyyutim as Sources for the History of Jewish Prayer Communities Joseph Tabory, Lander Institute, Jerusalem The Influence of the Ar"i on the Spanish Order of Prayer