The Passover Seder night is all about the faculty of speech. We talk, explain, pose questions and offer answers, discuss, and recount the story of our people. Indeed, the Hebrew word for Passover, Pesah, is a portmanteau for peh sah…
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish prayer
Likkutei Tefillot is one of the fascinating books in the hasidic library. Written by Rabbi Natan Sternhartz of Nemirov (1780-1844), it does not fit neatly in the classic genres of hasidic writing. The work, as we have it today, is…
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer, Reflection, Spirituality
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer
This article was originally published in the Israel Edition of HaMizrachi Newsletter, v. 2 issue 4. You can download the full version by clicking here. Below you will find Rabbi Levi Cooper’s take on Yom Kippur.
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish prayer, Reflection, Teshuvah, Jewish calendar
This originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post Magazine online on May 16, 2018. The starting time for a “Jewish” day can be described by three stages of light: Alot Hashahar, Misheyakir, and Hanetz Hahama. Alot Hashahar refers to dawn when…
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish prayer, Reflection, Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings)
Levi recounts the unique custom of Djerban Jewry to pray for rain as if they were in the Holy Land, and to celebrate the practice by not reciting tahanun, extra supplications that are normally added to the prayer service.
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer
The Torah, which we have just begun again this last week, begins “bereshit.” This opening word is often translated as “in the beginning” but we can perhaps more properly read as in a beginning, (rather than in the beginning which…
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer, Spirituality
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer, Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution, Educator resources, Tefilah
יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ אָב הָרַחֲמָן. מְשׁוֹךְ עַבְדְךָ אֶל רְצוֹנֶךָ. יָרוּץ עַבְדְּךָ כְּמוֹ אַיָּל. יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל מוּל הֲדָרֶךָ. יֶעֱרַב לוֹ יְדִידוֹתֶיךָ מִנּוֹפֶת צוּף וְכָל טָעַם: הָדוּר נָאֶה זִיו הָעוֹלָם. נַפְשִׁי חוֹלַת אַהֲבָתֶךָ. אָנָא אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ. בְּהַרְאוֹת לָהּ נוֹעַם…
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer
Elie Kaunfer discusses the deeper meaning of “Avinu Malkenu”. How does our understanding of a prayer alter once we know who wrote it? How do human relationships filter into prayers to God? We will look at the story of the writing…
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer
Pardes, in partnership with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the NYU Center for Spiritual Life, held the Spirituality Retreat in December 2014. The retreat focused on introducing participants to life-transforming meditation practices and learning in the Jewish tradition. modes…
Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer, Personal transformation, Spirituality
Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parsha Chaye Sarah. There is a handout for this podcast, please see the next episode. Thanks for telling your friends about this podcast series; remember that they do not need an ipod to enjoy it. —…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Chayei Sarah, Self & spirituality, Jewish prayer
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