Tefillah Tips

The fourteenth blessing in our daily blessings regimen is הנותן ליעף כח - G-d grants strength to the tired.

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...

Birchot Hashachar V After acknowledging the ground that we walk in רוקע הארץ על המים, the next two blessings we recite are “שעשה לי כל צרכי”- G-d has provides me with all...

Blessing #9 that we say every morning is “רוקע הארץ על המים- He who spreads out the earth upon the waters”.

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...

The heart of the Mussaf prayer is the Divine Command of the offering stated in Sefer Bamidbar, 28:9-10.  “And on the Sabbath Day you shall bring two male first year lambs….”...

The mid-section of the Shabbat Mussaf prayer is, “Tikanta Shabbat Ratzita Korbanoteha –        G-d,You instituted the Shabbat and have taken pleasure in its offerings…” The first thing to note regarding this...

We learned last week that reciting Kedushah is literally chanting the angelic songs of heaven. In this tip we will attempt to understand the structure and content of Kedushah. Naaritzecha Venakdishecha...

The Shabbat Mussaf prayer symbolizes the Sacrificial Mussaf (offering) that was offered in the Temple. Just as the Mussaf offering was brought before the seventh hour of the day, so too...

The cantor sings, “Yisgadal Veyiskadash Shemay Rabbah – May His (God’s) Name be made great and sanctified.” The congregation responds with a thunderous chant, “Yehey Shmey Rabbah Mevorach Leolam Ulalmey Almayah...