Prayer Lesson 75 – For His Name’s Sake (Brooklyn is not expanding!) [Stick with me, you’ll get it]
In the first blessing of the Amidah, we read: “G-d [...]
Prayer Lesson 74 – Hoshanot
During the holiday of Sukkot, which we are currently celebrating, [...]
Prayer Lesson 73 – Changes to the Amidah during the Ten Days of Penitence
Anyone who has ever picked up a siddur has noticed [...]
Prayer Lesson 72 – A Zionist Al Chet
For the sin we have committed by diminishing the sanctity [...]
Prayer Lesson 71 – High Holy Day Prayers—The Thirteen Attributes
I don’t think I’m alone in asking the question: why [...]
Prayer Lesson – 70 Tzur yisrael, the Last Prayer Before the Amidah
Ever yell at a golf ball to make sure it [...]
Prayer Lesson 69 – The Blessing after the Shema
The blessings before the Shema talk about G-d as the [...]
Prayer Lesson 68 – The Third Paragraph of the Shema (Vayomer): Kind of Blue – Techelet
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is considered one of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 67 – “If you truly heed” (the Second Paragraph of the Shema)
The second (middle) paragraph of the Shema is based on [...]
Prayer Lesson 66 – “V’ahavta”—“You shall love”
Last week, I wrote about how peculiar the shma is. [...]