by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
3. [following the Halakhah that the Toraic obligation of T’fillah is to praise, request and thank God at least once a day…] If he was fluent, he would increase his supplication and request and if he was of uncircumcised lips he would speak according to his...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
4. Once the Jews were exiled in the times of the evil Nevu-khadnezzar, they assimilated in Persia and Greece and other nations, had children in those countries and those children spoke confusing languages, as each one was a mixture of several languages. Due to this,...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
In the last shiur, we discussed the order of the middle B’rakhot of the T’fillah from a liturgical and thematic perspective, explaining why each B’rakhah followed its antecedent B’rakhah. In this shiur, I would like to explore the Halakhic...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
5. Similarly, they [the court of Ezra, circa 450 BCE) established that the number of T’fillot should correspond to the number of [public] offerings – two T’fillot each day corresponding to the two *T’midin* (regular offerings); and on each day...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
7. [following the layout of the three daily T’fillot…] Similarly, they established a T’fillah after T’fillat Minchah just before sunset on a fast day only in order to add supplication and petition on account of the fast. This T’fillah is...