Prayer Lesson 125 The First of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah
(Blessing 4: Knowledge) The ethnosphere—the world as shaped by the [...]
Prayer Lesson 124 – The Kedushah (The third blessing of the Amidah)
The third blessing of the Amidah comes in two forms. One is [...]
Prayer Lesson 123 – G-d’s Power: The second blessing of the Amidah
The second blessing of every Amidah refers to G-d’s power, [...]
Prayer Lesson 122 – Al Hanisim – the special prayer for Chanukah
“History,” wrote C.V. Wedgewood “is lived forward but is [...]
Prayer Lesson 121 – The first blessing of the Amidah: Ancestors
The opening of every Amidah prayer is an evocation of our ancestors. [...]
Prayer Lesson 120 – The mystery of December 5
In the middle of the 9th blessing of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 119 – The Kaddish
A common logical structure in the Talmud is called the [...]
Prayer Lesson 118 Modim: “We thank and acknowledge You” (The 18th blessing of the weekday Amidah/6th blessing of the Shabbat Amidah)
(In honor of Thanksgiving) Modim, the prayer for gratitude, [...]
Prayer Lesson 117 – Baruch Ad-nai L’olam (the third blessing after the Shma of Maariv)
The third blessing after the Shma of Maariv is an odd collection of [...]
Prayer Lesson 116 – Hashkiveynu—the Second blessing after the Shma at Maariv
One of the things that sometimes makes the siddur hard to comprehend [...]