This third installment of our series continues to delve into deeper meanings of the premier liturgical insertion into the Amidah’s opening. The third “Uv’Chen of the special prayer injected into the blessing of Kedusha (Sanctification), requests a better tomorrow by “praying for honor,”...
Category - Making the Machzor an Open Book
Each lecture presents a fascinating anthology of a particular part of the unique liturgy of the Machzor, delving into the history, structure and deeper meanings of the prayerful literary tapestry we call Davening. This series is sure to make your praying experience more profound on Rosh Hashanah!
This class continues our profound analysis of the opening High Holiday liturgical insertion into the Amidah structure. We now examine the second...
A profoundly insightful presentation about the meanings and motifs of the first major addition of High Holiday liturgy injected into the carefully...
Recited in the repetition of the Shacharit Amidah on both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, this foundational piyut (poetic prayer) inaugurates...
Recited on the first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah near a body of water, preferably containing live fish; it expresses prayerful hope that G-d cast our...
Recited in the repetition of the Musaf Amidah on both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it highlights our universal beliefs about G-d’s...
Recited alternately in the Shacharit and Musaf services on both days of Rosh Hashanah, its focus is G-d’s way in judgement. Crack the code and...