Prayer Lesson 32 – B’rich Shmei-Bei Ana Rachetz
If you call to mind the dramatic conclusion to Raiders [...]
Prayer Lesson 31 – Taking the Torah from the Ark
The moment we take the Torah from the ark is [...]
Prayer Lesson 30 – Ein Kamocha
The opening prayer of the service for removing the Torah [...]
Prayer Lesson 29 – Geshem, the Prayer for Rain
In Israel, there is a rainy season and a dry [...]
Prayer Lesson 28 – Maimonides Mishneh Torah
If a person has transgressed any one of the Torah [...]
Prayer Lesson 27 – Removing the Torah from the Ark
The opening lines for the Torah service don’t talk about [...]
Prayer Lesson 25 – “G-d, Guard my Tongue” – the Meditation After the Amidah
The great writer Jorge Luis Borges once wrote, “Don’t speak [...]
Prayer Lesson 24 – The Blessing of Peace
The final blessing of the Amidah is the blessing of [...]
Prayer Lesson 23 – The 6th Blessing of the Amidah, “Modim”
The most important words in any language are those that [...]
Prayer Lesson 22 – The Avodah blessing of the Amidah
The fifth blessing of the Shabbat amidah (which is the [...]