Prayer

I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. So, there’s that. In some ways, it’s hardly a surprise since my mother ...

New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep. So in the past I did not bother at all. This year, is ...

As a Modern Orthodox high school student at Ramaz, I find meaning in women’s tefillah (prayer) services. After experiencing them at ...

We spent the whole morning of prayers during the High Holidays on our pleas for forgiveness from God, and our ...

How would I have experienced Rosh Hashanah if I were sitting on the men’s side of the mechitza? Would it ...

  מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ;    עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ Out of the tight place I called to the LORD; God answered me ...

“I don’t want your Paradise, I don’t want your World to Come, I want only You—You alone.” —Rabbi Schneur Zalman ...

My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...

I feel a little anxiety. A little sadness. I’m excited, but also a little helpless. For the first time, my ...

In college I was tasked with writing a “This I Believe” essay about my guiding beliefs and values. This assignment wasn’t ...