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 [...]
Prayer Lesson 177: Chad Gadya
No Passover seder is complete without the singing of Chad [...]
Prayer lesson 176: The Fast of Esther
The Book of Esther, otherwise known as the megillah (“the scroll”) tells [...]
Prayer lesson 175: “The Jews enjoyed light, and happiness, and joy, and honor”
On Saturday night, we mark the end of Shabbat with [...]