Video: Hakham Dr. Isaac Sassoon Presents Siddur ‘Alats Libbi

by Hakham Isaac Sassoon

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Hakham Dr. Isaac Sassoon presents Siddur ‘Alats Libbi at a the oficial launch of the new siddur edited by Hakham Sassoon and Rabbi Steve Golden.

The sages of old did not not conceive of Jewish prayer as incantation, but as ‘service of the heart” and as a vehicle through which we are invited to speak our hearts before Hashem.

Sidur ‘Alas Libbi is available for purchase from Amazon here.

The video embedded below is queued to the opening remarks. Hakham Sassoon’s talk begins at approximately 14:55.

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About Hakham Isaac Sassoon

One of the world’s leading Torah scholars, Hakham Isaac Sassoon synthesizes rigorous traditional study with scrupulous academic and historical scholarship.

A prolific writer for TheTorah.com, Hakham Sassoon is the author of several critically-acclaimed books including:

An Adventure in Torah - A Fresh Look Through a Traditional Lens (2022)
Conflicting Attitudes to Conversion in Judaism, Past and Present (2017)
The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition (2011)
Uriel da Costa, Examination of Pharisaic Traditions, edited and translated from 1623 original with Herman Prins Salomon (1993)
The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians 1536-1765, translation of Antonio Jose Sariava with Herman Prins Salomon (2001)
V’harev Na, a prayerbook according to the Syrian nusach (2007)
Siddur 'Alats Libbi (2023)
Haggadat Uvalaylah Shiro Immi (And At Night May His Song Be With Me) By Rabbi Steven H. Golden guided by the teachings of Hakham Isaac Sassoon (2022)

His initial education was under the tutelage of his father, the renowned scholar Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon, Hakham Yosef Doury, and others. He continued his studies at the prestigious Gateshead Yeshiva and various yeshivoth in Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Lisbon.

Continuing his family's tradition of academic achievement, Hakham Sassoon has published on topics ranging from Scriptural commentary and history, to issues of current concern to the Jewish community. Hakham Sassoon teaches at the Institute of Traditional Judaism-The Metivta and lectures widely.

For more thoughts from Hakham Sassoon, see the Destination Torah Facebook page, Twitter handle, and Youtube channel.

To learn more about Hakham Sassoon, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_S.D._Sassoon

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