Prayer Lesson 37 – The Number of Aliyot
The Torah is read on Shabbat and holidays, but also [...]
Prayer Lesson 36 – The Blessing After the Torah Reading
After the Torah reading, the person who has been given [...]
Prayer Lesson 35 – The Aliyah to the Torah
Before and after each portion of the Torah reading, we [...]
Prayer Lesson 34 – Torah Procession
Last week, we discussed the proclamation we make as the [...]
Prayer Lesson 33 – The Proclamation When the Torah is Brought Out
After we have opened the ark, and completed our meditation [...]
Prayer Lesson 32 – B’rich Shmei-Bei Ana Rachetz
If you call to mind the dramatic conclusion to Raiders [...]
Prayer Lesson 31 – Taking the Torah from the Ark
The moment we take the Torah from the ark is [...]
Prayer Lesson 30 – Ein Kamocha
The opening prayer of the service for removing the Torah [...]
Prayer Lesson 29 – Geshem, the Prayer for Rain
In Israel, there is a rainy season and a dry [...]
Rabbi Wolkoff Yom Kippur 5781 Sermon
During his high holy day sermons, Rabbi Wolkoff will focus on four ways in which we are not "woke" and today's sermon focuses on we are not woke to the the realization that we are meant to be blessings.