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1 Citation I have always been troubled by this power G-d has to revivify the dead. It freaks me out, just to be really up front.But yesterday I had a thought, after all I have been through in the last month, I have been feeling dead inside. Like everything takes 100000 times the effort, I am walking through molasses, and I have no more soul inside. It is hidden behind klippot of extraordinary thickness.Then yesterday I had a little light go off: the power of the words of G-d are that they can have so many, technorati.com
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1 Citation We have now reached the core of the local worship experience with is the Amidah (also called the Sh'moneh Esrei or Eighteen Blessings and also called Tefillah or The Prayer.) The structure of these 18 blessings is thought to have originated after the destruction of the Temple around 1900 years ago and was meant to replace the Temple sacrificial services. Amidah means "standing" which is one of the traditional positions one would show respect and reverence (similarly kneeling or face down, technorati.com
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1 Citation Hi,This coming Tuesday night, the 7th of Cheshvan, Israelis begin to pray for rain by inserting "v'Ten Tal UMatar" into the daily Amidah. Outside of Israel, we wait until the beginning of December.Israelis who are outside Israel, and non-Israelis who are in Israel, follow their home practices when reciting the silent Amidah, assuming they plan to return home in the short-term. Of course, opinions vary in defining "short-term"... the Mishneh Berurah defines it as that year.(Shulchan Aruch Orach C, technorati.com
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The Avot Prayer and Barack Obama's Speech 1 Citation Barack Obama invoked a powerful image in his victory speech in Chicago. He mentioned 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper, who "was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin." He then summarized the great progress that had occurred in her lifetime, and mentioned several historical events, culminating with the following: "And this, technorati.com
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1 Citation Hi,Beginning this Thursday night (at Maariv), we change the 9th blessing of the Amidah (Blessing of the Seasons), which begins "??? ?????" "Bless on our behalf." We insert the request, "??? ?? ????" "Give us rain and dew, for a blessing," and we use this phrase until Pesach.The request for rain is considered so integral to the Amidah that one who accidentally omits it, and finishes the Amidah, is supposed to repeat the whole Amidah.One who catches the error before reciting the final 9 words of t, technorati.com
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1 Citation Hi,We have been looking at synagogue construction.The chazan should not stand on the bimah when reciting the amidah. Rather, he should stand on the floor, in front of the Aron.(Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 150:5; Mishneh Berurah 150:14)Have a great day,Mordechai, technorati.com
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Amidah, Lord?s Prayer, Early Traditions 1 Citation In Volume 1 of David Instone-Brewer?s Traditions of the Rabbis From the Era of the New Testament we have a careful examination of which parts of the Mishnah order on agriculture (Zeraim, which begins with Berakhot or blessings) legitimately belongs to the time before 70 C.E. To put it more simply, Instone-Brewer helps us see what parts of the Mishnah are from the time of the New Testament. To accomplish this, Instone-Brewer has worked painstakingly through a mountain of details and issues. Y, technorati.com
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