Prayer

RECITING SHEMA: First Step

    This is the first in a series intended to guide you step by step toward increased knowledge and observance of God’s command concerning the Shema, as found in the Torah and as systematized...

Should I prostrate or remove shoes in a regular synagogue?

Q.  In your article on face and foot washing before prayer, you wrote that it is reasonable to remove shoes when praying.  What about when I would be the only one praying with my shoes...

Must we wash our face, feet, and hands before every prayer?

    Q.  Do you need to wash your hands and your feet before praying (Exodus 30:17-21)?  At the moment I take a shower in the morning before praying, but I don’t know if this...

Should we prostrate with Talith or Tefillin on?

  According to your siddur, I need to put on Tallith and Tefillin before the Shma-prayers. That’s logical because the Shma-prayers make references to Talith and Tefillin.  Between the recitation of Shma and Amida no...