Prayer

Prayer can be one of the most confounding of spiritual practices. If it is a personal, meditative, soul experience, then why is so much of it dictated by formality and structured liturgy?

This class examines the importance of prayer, its biblical and historical origins, and the Jewish view on material requests. We conclude with explaining the first prayer upon waking in the morning.

The origins and evolution of prayer through the ages.

The concept of prayer seems paradoxical: asking G-d, who is infinite and all knowing, to grant us our puny needs and desires?

Where did prayer come from? Who created it? Where does it reside? When is it meant to happen? Why is it essential? Join Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan as we go back in time to the origins of tefillah, prayer, discovering the timeless vision of the future that it unv...

Many people want to talk to G-d these days. What if you’re not sure He exists?

Over 3000 years ago the very first Jew meditated and talked to G-d. Ever since then, through our prayers, we’ve focused and meditated on G-d’s greatness.