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.
We have the culmination of the Mishkan (Taberncle) creation and beginning of use, doubled with the beginning Aaron and his sons being set aside as high priests occurring this week in the portion Shemini. Aaron loses two of his sons to the Most High’s fire and HaShem gives us the kosher dietary laws, kashrut. This parsha has quite the storyline to follow and see how it fits together. When we last left Moshe he was setting up the Mishkan daily. This day, the eighth day it was left standing. The eighth day is a new beginning differing from the past seven days, though unlike creation the count did not begin at one again. The week centers around Shabbat, and the rest of the days’ names are numbers in Hebrew. The eighth day marked a changing of the guard. Moshe was formally inaugurating the Mishkan. Unless their camp moved [...]
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The Hebrew Letter Resh (Heb. רֵשׁ ;ר), the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; its numerical value is 200 It is symbolic of wickedness as well as higher consciousness. However, the Hebrew Letter Resh is the 20th letter in the order of the Alef Bet, the number 20 seems to be a number or time of waiting (enduring) i ...
Generally translated as trust, bitachon is a powerful sense of optimism and confidence based not on reason or experience, but on emunah (active faith). You know that "G‑d is good and He’s the only one in charge," and therefore you have no fears or frets. That is, if a bad occurrence happens, then true, it is a bad occurrence t ...
Weekly Sidra: Yitro (Jetro) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 34:8-22, 23:25-26 Parashat Yitro is considered one of the most important portions by our sages. There are varying opinions by the rabbis as to the chronology of the Torah. Did Yitro, the father-in-law of Moshe, come to him at the time ...
Recitation of prayers is the central characteristic of Jewish worship. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. Observant Jews are expected to recite three prayers daily and more on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. While solitary prayer is valid, attending synagogue to pray ...
The Hebrew letter Ayin ע is the sixteenth Hebrew letter. Ayin has the shape of the English or Latin "y". The Hebrew letter Ayin represents the number seventy in the Hebrew alphabet and numerology. It is a symbol of perception and insight. The Ayin Harah (evil eye) and Ayin Hatova (good eye): The source of the ayin hara is again a lo ...
Hashgacha pratit is defined as “divine providence.” but its more than that. the literal meaning of these two words are “private / individual watching.” We are taught by the sages that everything that happens to a believer, everything s/he sees, hears, feels or learns happens for a special reason. there is no chance; there is ...
Hitbodedut is the Hebrew word for meditation, literally meaning self-isolation or seclusion. Practically, this means going away to a place where you can be alone and away from everything and be there without your MP3 player, lap top, cell phone, beeper, fax or anything which you are used to carry around with you and may cause you distraction. " ...
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 ...
Money says: “earn me forget everything” Time says: “follow me forget everything “Future says: “struggle for me forget everything” HaShem simply says “Remember Me and I will give you everything” One of the core methods through which HaShem’s hashgacha p’ratit (Divine Providence) is manifest ...
חבל משיח “Chevlei Mashiach” means the “Birthpangs of the Messiah.” Messianic Judaism (All Judaism is by theory Messianic) teaches that the arrival of Mashiach is accompanied by birth pangs. This is also sometimes referred to as the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” J ...
Jewish Prayer: Hitbodedut, Shacharit, Minhah, and Maariv. In traditional Jewish practice, the daily tefillot or prayers are divided into three separate services, Shacharit (the morning service), Minhah (the afternoon service), and Maariv (the evening service). Maimonides (1135–1204 CE) relates that until the Baby ...
One of the greatest character traits that we as Torah Jews need to learn, practice and internalize is the middah of hakarat hatov: acknowledging the good that we have received and expressing our appreciation and gratitude for it. Aside from the brachot we say over food, there are three other brachot that help us express our hakarat hatov for the mi ...
Imagine having a child, with demonic possession so strong he is mentally incapable of taking care of himself, or imagine what it is for parents to see their child constantly trying to commit suicide. Would you have hope? One man in Mark chapter 9 had such a child, one who from his adolescence could not control himself and often was saved from the f ...
Having a numerical value of twenty, the letter Kaf is the first of the double-figured letters in the Hebrew alphabet. It’s pronounced like the K in King, or the C in Carp. As the initial letter of the word crown, Kaf alludes to the three crowns in Torah Judaism: priesthood, kingship and Torah. The eleventh letter of the alef-beit is the Kaf. ...
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