Prayer Lesson 100 – Love and Fear in Ma Tovu
We begin Shabbat morning on the inspiring note Ma Tovu: [...]
Prayer Lesson 97—The Al hanisim prayer for Yom Haatzmaut
On Israel Independence Day, Yom Haatzmaut, Conservative Jews add a [...]
Is the Holocaust Unique
Rabbi Wolkoff used his monthly Wednesday night lecture to [...]
Prayer Lesson 96 —“Service”—the 17th blessing of the weekday Amidah (and the 5th blessing of the Shabbat Amidah)
There is a common fantasy that the secret to our [...]
What Does it Mean to Be a Conservative Jew
Conservative Judaism stands for something. Something that should make [...]
Prayer lesson 95—The prayer for prayers being heard: Blessing 16 of the weekday Amidah
There is probably no rabbinic phrase better known than Hillel’s [...]
Prayer Lesson 94 – Al Hanisim for Purim Der mentsh trakht un g-t lakht
The holiday of Purim is all about surprises, all about [...]
Prayer Lesson 93—O, Jerusalem. Blessing 14 of the weekday Amidah
When we do the blessing after meals (birkat hamazon) on [...]
Prayer Lesson 92 – Prayer for the righteous (13th blessing of the weekday Amidah)
This blessing begins in a most interesting fashion: “Let [...]
Prayer Lesson 91 – Weekday Amidah blessing 12: “For slanderers may there be no hope….”
Another name for the Amidah is Shemoneh Esrei (= 18), a reference to the 18 [...]