Contents -- Introduction -- The Curious Theological Grammar of Ga'al Yisra'el -- Seder Foods and Customs in Illuminated Medieval Haggadot -- "In the Last Benedictions He Resembles a Servant Who Has Received a Largess from His Master and Takes His Leave" (b. Ber. 34a) -- Moses Rimos: Poems and Recipes of a Jewish Physician in Italy -- The Impact of Theology on Liturgical Change -- Hallel: A Liturgical Composition Celebrating the Exodus -- U-n'taneh Tokef as a Midrashic Poem -- The Censorship of Aleinu in Ashkenaz and its Aftermath -- Dew of Rest: The World of Nature in Qallir's G'vurot shel Tal -- Iyyun t'fillah -- Qillirian Compositions for Double Liturgical Occasions: Linguistic and Iconic Aspects (Including an Appendix with Editions of Two New Shivatot for Shabbat and Pesa ) -- Shabbethai Sofer of Przemysl on the Text of Mah nishtanah -- The Ascension of Moses in a Poem by Amittai ben Shephatiah -- Piyut and Heikhalot: Recent Research and its Implications for the History of Ancient Jewish Liturgy and Mysticism -- The Early History of the Liturgy of Yom Kippur -- How Music Articulates Liturgical Structure, Meaning, and Perception: The Kaddish -- Subject Index -- Source Index.