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. [...]
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 [...]