“On This Day, We Are Perfect”: Embodiment in Yannai’s Yom Kippur Qerova

Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 30 (1):37-69 (2022)
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Abstract

This article analyzes two poetic units within a much longer composition composed by Yannai for recitation on Yom Kippur. Specifically, it offers readings of Unit 8, which prefaces the third blessing of the Amidah, and Unit 15, which concludes the work. Both units dwell on the physical experience of Yom Kippur and the ways in which ritual affects the body, permitting us to consider the role of “kinesthetic theology” – i.e., how physical expression and embodied experiences not only reflect but shape belief – in the composition.

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