Congregation Shearith Israel is pleased to present a series exploring the meaning, purpose, power and potential of Jewish prayer during the 2019 - 2020 year, entitled "Jewish Prayer: Getting Our Head Around, Our Hearts In and Our Bodies Engaged".

Can't make it in-person? Livestream the sessions here.

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Series schedule

Our Head Around Jewish Prayer:

• Thursday, September 5: The transition from animal sacrifices to verbal prayer

• Thursday, September 12: Development of the Prayer Book
  
  View the PDF here, (we forgot to record the session, sorry!) 
• Thursday, September 19: Modern Innovations and a Glimpse at Possible Future Prayer Experiences

View the session at this link.

Our Hearts Into Jewish Prayer:

• Thursday, November 7: The Music of Prayer - The different moods of prayer

• Thursday, November 14: The Music of Prayer - Liturgical Poems and Congregational Melodies

• Thursday, November 21: The Silence of Prayer - Meditation and the Shabbat Amidah

Our Bodies Engaged with Jewish Prayer:

• Thursday, January 9: Standing, Sitting and Bowing / Shmirat HaGuf

Source Sheet from Sefaria

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• Thursday, January 16: Praying with a community - What’s a minyan and why?

​​​​​​​View the session at this link.

• Thursday, January 30: Solo Prayer - Hitbodedut

Bringing it All Together:

• Thursday, March 5: To Whom are we Praying?
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Know Before Whom You Stand Powerpoint​​​​​​​