Prayer Lesson 128: Redemption, the seventh blessing of the weekday Amidah
The seventh blessing of the weekday Amidah marks a radical turn [...]
Prayer Lesson 127 – The Third of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah (Blessing 6: Forgiveness)
One of the main problems understanding our liturgy is our [...]
Prayer Lesson 126 – The Second of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah (Blessing 5: Repentence/Teshuvah)
The previous blessing of the Amidah was a prayer for knowledge. [...]
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 [...]