Shacharit (morning prayer)

It’s time to climb a ladder, to ascend to the heavenly spheres and fortify our sensitivity for G‑d and spirituality. After this daily booster we descend, equipped to tackle the day and the struggles it will present . . .

'Who clothes the naked.'

Since we were given the mitzvah of tzitzit in Abraham's merit, we wear the tallit specifically for "his" prayer--Shacharit...

Wisdom from the hole of a bagel: Start with the knowledge that you are nothing and your bread will always satisfy.

This is quality time spent honing my emotions, refocusing my mind, reinvigorating my trust, and readjusting the compass of my life. By the time I’m through, I can feel spirituality pulsating throughout my being...

The Hebrew word for prayer, tefilah means "to judge." It also means "attachment"

1. The benediction מתיר אסורים (“He that frees the captives”) comes before the benediction זוקף כפופים (“He that raises the bowed down”). But if one erred and said the latter first, he need not say the former. 2. After the benediction המעביר שנה מעיני ...

This class discusses the deeper reason and significance to the section of prayer called p’sukei d’zimrah – verses of praise.

In the world we live in, women continue to get the short end of the stick. Whatever women’s emancipation gains on one hand seems to get taken away from the other. Working mothers almost always do more work at home than their working husbands. And when ...