Prayer lesson 132, a call for justice: the 11th blessing of the weekday Amidah
Perceptions change over time. Things that are obvious to one [...]
Prayer Lesson 131 : “Gathering the Exiles”: The 10th blessing of the weekday Amidah
The advent of modernity had a massive effect on [...]
Prayer lesson 130: “Years”: The 9th blessing of the weekday Amidah
We have previously noted that the 7th and 8th blessings of [...]
Prayer Lesson 129: Healing: the eighth blessing of the weekday Amidah
The prayer for healing is, at first glance, shrouded [...]
Prayer Lesson 127 – The Third of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah (Blessing 6: Forgiveness)
One of the main problems understanding our liturgy is our [...]
Prayer Lesson 126 – The Second of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah (Blessing 5: Repentence/Teshuvah)
The previous blessing of the Amidah was a prayer for knowledge. [...]
Prayer Lesson 125 The First of the Intermediate blessings of the Amidah
(Blessing 4: Knowledge) The ethnosphere—the world as shaped by the [...]
Prayer Lesson 124 – The Kedushah (The third blessing of the Amidah)
The third blessing of the Amidah comes in two forms. One is [...]
Prayer Lesson 123 – G-d’s Power: The second blessing of the Amidah
The second blessing of every Amidah refers to G-d’s power, [...]
Prayer Lesson 122 – Al Hanisim – the special prayer for Chanukah
“History,” wrote C.V. Wedgewood “is lived forward but is [...]