Prayer Lesson 155 – The Vidui confessional: Chozek Yad, Exercising Power Against the Weak
The Yom Kippur liturgy is intentionally repetitive. In compelling us [...]
Prayer Lesson 154 – “Oh no, not another Kaddish!”
A casual observer of a High Holy Day service (indeed, [...]
Prayer Lesson 153: Remember Us for Life!
On the High Holy Days we add certain phrases to [...]
Prayer Lesson 152: The Psalm for the Season of Awe (Psalm 27)
Every evening and morning throughout the fall holiday season we [...]
Prayer lesson 151: It is a Tree of Life
When we put the Torah away, we sing “etz chayim [...]
Prayer Lesson 150 – Psalm 29, the prayer for returning the Torah to the ark
Psalm 29, the song we sing as we return the [...]
Prayer Lesson 149 – Blessing the New Month (2)
The prayer for the new month includes a long wish [...]
Prayer Lesson 148 – Blessing the New Month
As is well known, the Jewish calendar is a lunar [...]
Prayer Lesson 147 – The Ashrei (2): A Quick Ticket to Paradise
The rabbis teach that if you recite the Ashrei prayer three times [...]
Prayer Lesson 146 – The Prayer for Israel
The world works in mysterious ways. I recently wrote about [...]