This benediction is recited as one dons a prayer shawl in preparation for prayer.
A tallit is a fringed prayer shawl traditionally worn during morning prayer services.
In this video, Sarah Wolf demonstrates how to recite the blessing prior to putting on a tallit.
This blessing is traditionally recited upon doing something for the first time.
We'll help you remember if it's customary to wear a prayer shawl on the High Holidays.
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The Rosh Hashanah Musaf is the core of the service — and where we find its most iconic prayers and resonant themes.
Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, is testament to the failure of prayer to avert national catastrophe.
The pursuit of proper kavanah, the Hebrew term for directed attention, has long concerned Jewish thinkers.
The simple words of this traditional morning blessing draw us back to the dawn of our mythic creation.
