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For a complete recovery and great success, health and long life for Baruch ben Sarah תפילה על אמונה ובטחון A prayer for faith and trust exclusively in the Almighty, the Creator and Source of everythi…
“And when they had brought them outside, (one of them) said: Escape for your life, do not look back, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountain, lest you perish. But Lot…
תפילה אחרי הדלקת נרות שבת A mother’s prayer for her children and loved ones is appropriate at any time, but Jewish women customarily recite it immediately after lighting the candles and saying the bl…
The blessing מודים אנחנו לך – “We acknowledge and thank You” Here one should praise the Almighty for His miracles, because the person for whom a miracle is performed does not realize that it is a mir…
The blessings “And to Jerusalem, Your city” and “The sprout of David, Your servant” There is no need to speak at length about these blessings—about the need to shed an uninterrupted stream of tears,…
The blessing ראה בענינו – “Look upon our afflictions” Here one should pray for Israel’s redemption. But one should not have in mind the notion that we will then be princes and nobles on earth and all…
As we prepare for prayer, we must know well how to make it pleasing to the Almighty, and this applies especially to the “Shemoneh Esrei” prayer. I do not intend to discuss here the meaning of the sma…
The book “Sha'arei HaAvodah,” attributed to Rabbeinu Yonah, states: “The prayer of someone who prays with tears is accepted, because the gates of tears have not been locked. Tears correspond to the w…
פטום הקטורת Pitum HaKetoret—the preparation and burning of incense. A segulah for stopping an epidemic is reciting the passage “Pitum HaKetoret” (“compounding the incense”). The Torah itself speaks o…