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Each day's shir shel yom was chosen for its ties to that day's significance in the week of Creation, as explained by the Baraita that quotes Rabbi Yehuda in the name of Rabbi Akiva: [5] On Sunday, Psalm 24 ("For God is the land and its fullness...") is recited, in reference to the first day of Creation , on which God acquired the universe ...
Ana BeKoach (Hebrew: אנא בכח , We beg you!With your strength) is a medieval Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem) called by its incipit.This piyyut, the acronym of which is said to be a 42-letter name of God, [note 1] is recited daily by those Jewish communities which include a greatly expanded version of Korbanot in Shacharit and more widely as part of Kabbalat Shabbat.
In the Oral Torah, the Mishnah comments that the biblical commandment to take the lulav, along with the other three species, is for all seven days of Sukkot only in and around the Temple Mount when the Holy Temple in Jerusalem is extant, as indicated by the verse as "in the presence of Hashem, your God, for seven days."
The "standing [prayer]", also known as the Shemoneh Esreh ("The Eighteen"), consisting of 19 strophes on weekdays and seven on Sabbath days and 9 on Rosh haShana Mussaf. It is the essential component of Jewish services , and is the only service that the Talmud calls prayer .
Before Creation and before Tzimtzum "God filled all space", that is, God alone existed because Creation had not yet been created. The Torah reflects divine wisdom, so God was with the Torah even before Creation: "I (the Torah) was there"; in other words the Midrash explains that before the Creation "God played with the Torah", his wisdom was ...
A Prayer for Surrender in God. Father, I abandon myself into your hands. Do with me whatever you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you. I am ready for all, I accept all.
The mitzvah of waving the four species derives from the Torah. Leviticus 23:40 states: . And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the L ORD your God for seven days.
As the creation story unfolds in seven days, [17] the instructions about the Tabernacle unfold in seven speeches. [18] In both creation and Tabernacle accounts, the text notes the completion of the task. [19] In both creation and Tabernacle, the work done is seen to be good. [20] In both creation and Tabernacle, when the work is finished, God ...