Prayer Lesson 102 – Tachanun and The Long V’hu Rachum
On ordinary weekdays, a private meditation called Tachanun is added to the [...]
Prayer Lesson 101 – The Journey of the Torah
When we open the ark, we sing, “vayehi binsoah haaron…” [...]
Prayer Lesson 98 – Peace: The final blessing of the Amidah
It is fitting that the last blessing of the Amidah [...]
Prayer Lesson 99 – Meditation after the Amidah
The Amidah is written entirely in the plural—“…our G-d and G-d of our ancestors…,” “Heal us G-d [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]