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Prayer in the Hebrew Bible is an evolving means of interacting with God, most frequently through a spontaneous, individual or collective, unorganized form of petitioning and/or thanking. Standardized prayer such as is done today is non-existent.
Asking God to bring the Jews back from the Exile into Israel. Mishpat משפט Asking God to judge us justly and to restore the judges to Israel. Minim מינים Asking to destroy the heretical sects and informers. This blessing was a later addition to the Amida, and is the 19 blessing. Tzadikim צדיקים
Berakhot (Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת, romanized: Brakhot, lit."Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
Individual prayer is considered acceptable, but prayer with a quorum of ten Jewish adults—a minyan—is the most highly recommended form of prayer and is required for some prayers. An adult in this context means over the age of 12 or 13 ( bat or bar mitzvah ).
Ma Tovu (Hebrew for "O How Good" or "How Goodly") is a prayer in Judaism, expressing reverence and awe for synagogues and other places of worship.. The prayer begins with Numbers 24:5, where Balaam, sent to curse the Israelites, is instead overcome with awe at God and the Israelites' houses of worship.
Kavanah in prayer requires devotional belief and not merely reciting the words of a prayer. [7] According to Sutnick, this implies that the worshiper understand the words of the prayer and mean it, but this can be difficult for many Jews today when they pray using liturgical Hebrew, which many Jews outside of Israel do not understand. [15]
A Mi Shebeirach [he 1] is a Jewish prayer used to request a blessing from God. Dating to the 10th or 11th century CE , Mi Shebeirach prayers are used for a wide variety of purposes. Originally in Hebrew but sometimes recited in the vernacular , different versions at different times have been among the prayers most popular with congregants.
The Shehecheyanu berakhah (blessing) (Hebrew: ברכת שהחיינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer to celebrate special occasions. It expresses gratitude to God for new and unusual experiences or possessions. [1] The blessing was recorded in the Talmud [2] over 1500 years ago.