shabbat prayer

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

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

A prayer that seems to be about certainty turns out to actually be all about doubt and the limits of our own knowledge.

This meditation recited on Shabbat morning is the response of a poetic soul to the daily rising of the sun.

An affirmation of God’s singularity, its daily recitation is regarded by traditionally observant Jews as a biblical commandment.