Prayer Lesson 68 – The Third Paragraph of the Shema (Vayomer): Kind of Blue – Techelet
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is considered one of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 67 – “If you truly heed” (the Second Paragraph of the Shema)
The second (middle) paragraph of the Shema is based on [...]
Spiritual Nugget – July 23
Before beginning to pray, Rabbi Yehiel Mikhal was in the [...]
Spiritual Nugget – July 16
No matter what book Rabbi Mikhal was reading, whether a [...]
Prayer Lesson 66 – “V’ahavta”—“You shall love”
Last week, I wrote about how peculiar the shma is. [...]
Prayer Lesson 65 – Hearing the Sh’ma
What kind of prayer is the Sh’ma? Normally, when we [...]
Spiritual Nugget – July 9
In a sermon which Rabbi Mikhal once gave before a [...]
Prayer Lesson 64 – Ahavah Rabbah: Loving Through Learning
The second blessing immediately preceding the Sh’ma tells the story [...]
Spiritual Nugget – July 2
Rabbi Pincus said: “Whoever says that the words of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 63 – The Many Faces of G-d
The first blessing before the Shma concludes with a cascade [...]