Pray

The second paragraph of the Shema teaches us the importance of the communal observance of Judaism.

Commentaries on the three paragraphs of the Shema read Jewish concepts both out of and into the text.

Abraham's servant teaches us the power of spontaneous prayer, a concept that challenges our contemporary focus on consistency and conformity.

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A Hasidic teaching offers a way to understand this prayer that seems to suggest our words of divine praise are inherently insufficient.

This Nishmat Kol Chai benediction is said at the transition between our preparatory prayers and core elements of the morning service.

This biblical verse, traditionally recited as one enters a synagogue, has a challenging provenance.

This climactic prayer of Pesukei d'Zimrah leads us to where genuine expressions of divine praise inevitably must: to service of God.

Modelled on the Jewish practice of counting the Omer, this prayer is for those counting their days in quarantine or lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.

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This section of the Amidah is understood as one of thanks, but that's not the only way to read it.

Like the paradigmatic blessing for rain, the Shabbat practice of blessing children offers the gift of love in exchange for nothing.