Jewish prayer, or Jewish services (Hebrew: תפלה, tefillah ; plural תפלות, tefillos or tefillot ; Yinglish: davening) are the prayer recitations that form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book.
This Rosh Chodesh, New Moon, marks the start of the month of Elul. Elul 1 is 30 days from the Feast of Trumpets and 40 days before the Day of Atonement. "Elul" has been interpreted as an acronym, with its Hebrew letters "Aleph," "Lamed," "Vav," "Lamed" representing the words "Ani L ...
Rosh Chodesh Elul / ראש חדש אלול "The King is in the Field - HaMelech Ba'Sade" - This month, God is as approachable as hardly any other time of the year! The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) and Yom Kippur. ...
Jewish prayer is an aid to developing a meritorious attitude and a commendable way of feeling. Therefore, Jews actively seek reasons to praise God's creation. There are Jewish prayers to be said when witnessing a falling star, when hearing the clap of thunder in the clouds, when seeing a rainbow, when noticing the first bud of spring on the branch ...
Aleinu leshabeaj Todos los órdenes litúrgicos finalizan con Aleinu Leshabeaj, un profundo himno que nos reitera en nuestra fe y aplicación al servicio de HaShem (Hakodesh baruj Hu), y a la misión del hombre como obra del Creador (ribono shel olam) de trabajar denodadamente en pos del perfeccionamiento del universo. Y pa ...
We are entering the Hebrew month of Sivan - ראש חדש סיון. Since the last month had 29 days it is celebrated only one day this month which has 30 days. Sivan is the third month of the year as Torah describes it. The first day of Sivan the people encamped at Mt. Sinai preparing to receive t ...
The Hebrew Scriptures deals with the fundamental principle of reward and punishment; the idea that good people will be blessed, and bad people will be cursed. But how should society define one's goodness? What kind of people should be punished? Traditional Judaism always stressed the importance of behavior over feelings, actions over motives. Cont ...
In leap years (for example, 2011, 2014, and 2016), parshah Acharei is read separately on the 29th Sabbath after Simchat Torah. In common years (for example, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018), parshah Acharei is combined with the next parshah, Kedoshim, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings. This year is not a leap year, theref ...
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he who observes Torah, happy is he." - Proverbs 29:18 A pastor was visiting a rabbi friend, when the pastor asked, "What do you believe the world to come is like?" The rabbi responded, "Where the righteous dwell for eternity, one may study Torah all day long, without ever h ...
When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. Mattityahu / Matthew 6:5-15 (TEV) God created you and so he wants you to be the real you. By being authentic when you speak ...
The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, Bet HaMikdash ; "The Holy House"), refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit) in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a future Temple features in Jewis ...
Tefillin is one of my favorite mitzvot of the whole 613 mitzvot. It is one of action, of doing, of experience. Tefillin is technically the plural form (the singular being "tefillah"), it is loosely used as a singular as well. I do encourage all Jews, benei Anusim to get a pair of Tefillin and get going with this wonderful mitzva. Here is ...
Amid mouting tension over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, much of the media's ire has been directed not at the Palestinians who riot at the site but rather at Jews who merely wish to visit and pray there. Far too often, the latter are depicted as "extremist" or "fringe" simply because they seek to exercise their basic civil righ ...
When we study the Hebrew Scriptures (from Genesis to Revelations writen by Jews to Jews), we find some very interesting verses concerning the tzitzit / fringes. In Hebrew, we say tzitziyot. Specifically, these verses are Mattityahu 9:20; 14:36a, Mark 6:56; and Luke 8:44. Without a shadow of a doubt, they demonstrate that Yeshua definitely was a To ...
1. Is the re-establishment and re-gathering of Israel (the Jewish people) to the land prophesied in Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 31 and Yechezkel / Ezekiel 36? True or False (The answer is true) - Not only is Israel’s reestablishment as a nation prophesied by Yermiyahu and Yechezkel, but by other prophets like Joel and Zechariah as ...
Like Moshe, Mashiach will be revealed, then hidden, then revealed again. (Bamidbar Rabbah 11:2) There is much confusion, for instance, concerning what connotes the "coming of the Redeemer" and the Redemption itself. The author of Sefat Emet (the Gerrer Rebbe) explains this difference using the example of Moses and the Redemption of the J ...
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