Prayer Lesson 213: The Pure and The Impure
During Chanukah, we add the prayer “al hanisim” to [...]
Prayer Lesson 212: “Cause a new light to shine on Zion”
The first blessing before the morning Sh’ma references the creation of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 211: Weekday Amidah Blessing 5 and 6—Repentance and Forgiveness
As soon as we finish praying that G-d grant us [...]
Prayer Lesson 210: Returning the Torah to the Ark—Psalm 29
The prayer we recite as we return the Torah to [...]
Prayer Lesson 209: Ten Tal Umatar: The mystery of December 4
In the weekday Amidah, in the prayer for a good [...]
Prayer Lesson 208: Modim/Thanksgiving—Blessing 17 of the weekday Amidah/Blessing 5 of the Shabbat Amidah
Brother David Stendl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, is one of the world’s [...]
Prayer Lesson 207: –“The angels sweetly sing”–The first blessing before the Sh’ma
For the uninitiated, our siddur sounds like this: “Blah blah [...]
Prayer Lesson 206: The Prayer for Our Country
I have often been approached by people who are unhappy [...]
Prayer Lesson 205: Az Yashir, The Song of the Sea
Near the end of pesukei d’zimrah we recite the Song of the [...]
Rabbi Wolkoff’s Kol Nidre Sermon – 5785
From the beginning of time, people have been lying about [...]