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Loving God By Acting With Compassion

Our affirmation of the unity of God and our love for God serve as fundamental grounding principles for social action.

Graced With Food

By blessing after we eat, we elevate the act of eating by connecting with God.

Who Has Not Made Me a Woman

Different versions and parallels from classical sources and manuscripts provide an interesting perspective on this controversial blessing.

Kavanah, Or Intention

In the words of one sage, "Prayer without kavanah is like a body without a soul."

How to Navigate High Holiday Morning Services

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services feature many additions that can make the services difficult to follow. Here’s a guide.

The Jewish Prayer For Doctors

Widely attributed to Maimonides, this prayer asks for strength and guidance in applying the art of healing.

Penitence and Prayer in the Amidah

Two blessings said every day invoke the High Holiday mood of returning to God.

Why We Start the Amidah By Blessing the Patriarchs

Opening this primary prayer by invoking our ancestors emphasizes that our relationships with our parents is a model for our relationship with God.

Psalm 90: Counting Our Days Rightly

The capacity to resist the injustice of the world is present with us every day.

Does God Need Our Prayers?

In a word, yes -- but not in the way most people think.

Kedushah: Praising God Like Angels

This prayer recited during the Amidah is a bit of an outlier in the liturgy.

Ahavah Rabbah: God’s Boundless Love

This blessing, recited prior to the Shema, asserts that God's love for us is expressed by the commandments.

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