Weekly Tefilah Focus

Before we resume our regular series of segments, we want to take this “fresh start” opportunity to highlight a crucial aspect of Tefilah Focus that has the potential to literally change the world(s) and to change our own world(s).

Banim La’shem! – Always And Everywhere!

Although Aleinu was composed by Yehoshua bin Nun, and the Anshei K’neses HaG’dolah instituted its inclusion in the Malchiyus section of tefilas Musaf on Rosh HaShanah, it was Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai who instituted saying it daily after each tefilah.  He did this to strengthen the emunah and spirits of klal Yisrael, who were living through the painful times of the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash.

Avinu Malkeinu, Hachazireinu bis’shuvah sh’leimah l’fanecha.

Our Father, our King, return us to You in perfect repentance.

We recite Aleinu daily, many of us three times a day; perhaps because we have grown so accustomed to saying it, many of us unfortunately do not appreciate the significance and importance of this tefilah. In fact, we are often mentally on our way to the next part of our day as we fly through this awesome tefilah.

Ka’kasuv b’Soraso: V’yadata hayom, va’hasheivosa el l’vavecha…

…as it is written in His Torah: “You are to know this day and take to your heart that Hashem is the only G-d…”

Praying for a Better Future

For the next few weeks, in preparation for the Yamim Nora’im, we will be reviewing some of the first segments from the start of the Shemoneh Esrei series, as well as from the Aleinu series.