Some thoughts on the limited, philosophical approach to prayer vs. the mystical approach to prayer
There are moments when certain prayers are תְּפִלּוֹת שָׁוְא. This is not one of them!
The controversies this poem generated among the Rishonim of the Middle Ages
Is God a “complaint-department?”
A poetic history of blasphemy by R’ Shimon bar Yitzhak of Worms, buddy of Rabbeinu Gershom
The two meanings of מָקוֹם I’m the context of prayer
Does wine lead to prophecy, as Psalm 104 seems to suggest?
“הַבּוֹחֵר בְּשִׁירֵי זִמְרָה” – Why was there no music in the Mishkan?
What does it mean that Tefilin represents יחודו ואחדותו?
Famous translations and little-known but meaningful translations. Hebrew is not for everyone!
As a history, עַל הַנִּסִּים follows The First Book of Maccabees. Who exactly are the טְמֵאִים?
When does the money you give in charity not help your heavenly “bank-account”?
Why is this recited as Shabbos ends? Does Shamayim mean the sky? Come on!
What does V’Chiseih Dovid Avdichah L’Sochah Tachin actually mean?
Are the “dispersed Jews” physically exiled or psychologically alienated?
Was the Arizal referring to the time of Elul? Or to the three daily prayers of Elul?
What courts and judges are you praying for?
Was Jerusalem a wasteland when the prayer was composed?
How G-d chooses to run things, and the role prayer plays in that.
Is prayer logical or emotional? Can G-d be conceived?
