Tefillah Tips

Mizmor
Mizmor Download the PDF Version Here After the festive singing of Lecha Dodi and the ushering in of the Shabbat Queen, we acknowledge the cosmic shift of realities from the mundane...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Lecha Dodi III
  Lecha Dodi III Download the PDF Version Here The remaining seven stanzas of Lechoh Dodi are divided into three parts. Part 1: Mikdash Melech…Hitnaari…and Hitoreri…all advance words of consolation, hope...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Lecha Dodi II
Lecha Dodi II Download the PDF Version Here The signature Tefillah of Kabbalat Shabbat is Lechoh Dodi – “Come my Beloved”. The opening letter of each paragraph spells out the name...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi Download the PDF Version Here The crescendo of the Kabbalat Shabbat service is the beautiful poem Lechoh Dodi – Come my Beloved. It was composed by HaRav Shlom Halevi...
Jun 13, 2013
By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
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

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