Prayer Lesson 186: Mercy, mercy, mercy
One of the first prayers we recite in the core [...]
Prayer Lesson 185: Lag B’omer and the mystery of the 33 days
In the period between Passover and Shavuot, we “count the omer.” [...]
Prayer Lesson 184: Counting the Omer
Between Passover and Shavuot, we count the omer. “Omer” refers [...]
Prayer Lesson 183: A world of miracles
On Yom Haatzmaut, Israel Independence Day, we Conservative Jews recite a [...]
Prayer Lesson 182: The Kel Maley Rachamim for the Six Million
The Kel Maley Rachamim, “G-d Who is Full of Mercy” is [...]
Prayer lesson 181: Oh, the difference a comma makes. A note on a Haggadah mistranslation.
In the Marx Brothers Classic A Night at the [...]
Prayer lesson 180: “Next Year in Jerusalem”
One of the most peculiar ideas to ever come [...]
Prayer lesson 179: The Four Questions
Ma nishtanah is one of the best known phrases in Judaism. [...]
Prayer lesson 178: “We were slaves…We were idol worshippers…”
The Passover seder is all about the telling of the [...]
Prayer lesson 178 “We were slaves…We were idol worshippers…”
The Passover seder is all about the telling of the [...]