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Havinenu: A Shortened Version of the Amidah
When and why Jews say an abbreviated Amidah. Full text and translation of Havinenu included.
Israel, JOFA's Torch, Pray, Study
Confessions of the Tehillim Lady: Further Reflections on Learning How to Pray
This post references various parts of the morning prayer services, or Shacharit. For an overview of the parts of that ...
Pray, Prayer Musings, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
Tefillat Geshem: The Prayer for Rain
Recited by Ashkenazi Jews on Shemini Atzeret, this prayer invokes the merit of Jewish ancestors in requesting the natural resource on which all life depends.
Celebrate, Passover, Pray, Prayer Musings
Tefillat Tal: Cultivating a Mindset of Sufficiency
In praying for something as fleeting and nearly invisible as dew, this Passover prayer honors the transition from abundance to enough-ness.
Women’s Tefillah Movement
How Orthodox women found a halakhic way to be involved in services.
Denominations, JOFA's Torch, Live, Pray, Women & Feminism
Revitalizing Women’s Tefillah Groups
As a Modern Orthodox high school student at Ramaz, I find meaning in women’s tefillah (prayer) services. After experiencing them at ...
Phylactery, Olfactory, Same Thing
Oy vey. Check out this video of the Chief Inspector of the Philadelphia police department talking about the plane that ...
Pounding on the Gates of Heaven
We have much to lift our spirits and much to concern us in the attention paid to young women laying ...