Prayer Lesson 85 – Ten Tal Umatar: The mystery of December 4
In the weekday Amidah, in the prayer for a good [...]
Prayer Lesson 84 – Al Hanissim/Haneyrot Hallalu
During Chanukah, we add a special prayer to the Amidah. [...]
Prayer Lesson 83 – Redemption, the 7th blessing of the weekday
I believe it was Dr. Louis Finkelstein who said that [...]
Prayer Lesson 82 – The Sixth Blessing of the Weekday Amidah—Forgiveness
Like the blessing which precedes it, on repentance, the blessing [...]
Prayer Lesson 81 – The prayer for repentance
In the weekday Amidah, immediately after the prayer for discernment, [...]
Prayer Lesson 80 – The prayer for wisdom
On weekdays, the middle 13 blessings of the Amidah are [...]
Prayer Lesson 79 – L’dor va’dor – From Generation to Generation….what?
There is a difference between knowing how to read and [...]
Prayer Lesson 78 – Stop!
The Shabbat Amidah contains a most peculiar phrase. In the middle blessing, [...]
Prayer Lesson 77 – Matir asurim, “who frees the captives”
“I am not a number. I am a free man.” [...]
Prayer Lesson 76 – The rainbow and its blessing
Virtually everyone knows that there are Jewish blessings for food. [...]