Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse synagogue, Cologne. Photo: Photo: eigenes Foto (Zeughaus)/Wikipedia CC:BY.
Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse synagogue, Cologne. Photo: Photo: eigenes Foto (Zeughaus)/Wikipedia CC:BY.
Sixteen years ago, I found myself between religions. It was an odd state to be in. Having been brought up in the Society of Friends, I had visited several different churches in my teens and at the age of twenty I began a relationship that brought me into contact with Judaism. My partner and his family worshipped at West London Reform Synagogue. Over a period of seven years I worshipped there too, eventually making the decision to convert. I studied several key texts, began to learn prayer book Hebrew and had lessons from the wife of a reform rabbi. She taught me about the festivals and the reasons for different customs. She also gave me an insight into a logical, rational basis for interpreting these customs today.
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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