Prayer Lesson 217: The Case Of The Missing Prayer
Imagine you were rewriting the prayer book. What would you [...]
Prayer Lesson 216: “And Let Us Say, Amen”
Who’s “us”? At the end of every Amidah, there is [...]
Prayer Lesson 215: Prayer vs. Politics
During the inaugural prayer service, newly installed President Trump was [...]
Prayer Lesson 214: The Torah as a Tree of Life
As we return the Torah to the ark, we [...]
Prayer Lesson 213: The Pure and The Impure
During Chanukah, we add the prayer “al hanisim” to [...]
Prayer Lesson 212: “Cause a new light to shine on Zion”
The first blessing before the morning Sh’ma references the creation of the [...]
Prayer Lesson 211: Weekday Amidah Blessing 5 and 6—Repentance and Forgiveness
As soon as we finish praying that G-d grant us [...]
Prayer Lesson 210: Returning the Torah to the Ark—Psalm 29
The prayer we recite as we return the Torah to [...]
Prayer Lesson 209: Ten Tal Umatar: The mystery of December 4
In the weekday Amidah, in the prayer for a good [...]
Prayer Lesson 208: Modim/Thanksgiving—Blessing 17 of the weekday Amidah/Blessing 5 of the Shabbat Amidah
Brother David Stendl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, is one of the world’s [...]