Tefillah Initiative

Mizmor LeDovid & Anah Bakoach
Mizmor LeDovid & Anah Bakoach Download the PDF Version Here Although we already reviewed Psalm 29, Mizmor LeDovid in our Mussaf Tips, since we recite it again at this point in...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Footstool to Heaven
Footstool to Heaven Download the PDF Version Here  Psalm 99 is the last of the consecutive Psalms recited during the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat Ashkenazic Service. King David again foretells of...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
The Inner Circle
  The Inner Circle Download the PDF Version Here  Picture this: You are at a close friend’s wedding waiting for the bride and groom to appear in the ballroom. Suddenly the band...
Jun 12, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Psalm 97
  Psalm 97  Download the PDF Version Here  In recent times, the world experienced many “natural disasters”. We have witnessed earthquakes and tsunamis as well as hurricanes and cyclones. In our...
Jun 12, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Singing a New Song
  Singing a New Song Download the PDF Version Here  Psalm 96, Shiru LaShem Shir Chadash is all about singing a new song because in the times of Moshiach the entire...
Jun 12, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Lechu Nerannena
Lechu Nerannena Download the PDF Version Here Kabbalat Shabbat begins with Psalm 95 and continues through Psalm 99 followed by Mizmor LeDovid, Psalm 29, and then Lecha Dodi. The Yaavetz explains...
Jun 12, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Tefillah Tips: Birchot Hashachar VII
Tefillah Tips: Birchot Hashachar VII
The fourteenth blessing in our daily blessings regimen is הנותן ליעף כח - G-d grants strength to the tired.
Jun 12, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Birchot Hashachar VI
Birchot Hashachar VI
The next two blessings we recite are אוזר ישראל בגבורה-G-d girds Israel with strength and עוטר ישראל בתפארה- G-d crowns Israel with splendor. Simply understood these two blessings correspond to different...
Jun 6, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Tefillah Tips: Birchot Hashachar
Birchot Hashachar Cont. In his classic work, Chovos Halevovos, Rabbi Bahya ibn Paquda of Saragossa, Spain, describes the human phenomenon whereby people do not appreciate how good their lives really are....
May 1, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Birchat Hashachar- Continued
The next two blessings, #7 & 8 of Birkat Hashachar acknowledge G-d, Hashem as the Matir Assurim - 'who releases the constrained' and Zokayf Kefufim - 'who straightens up the...
Apr 26, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein

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