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Aneinu (Hebrew: עֲנֵנוּ, lit. ' "answer us" ' ), also transliterated as annenu or aneynu , is a Jewish prayer added into the Chazzan's Repetition of the Shemoneh Esrei on fast days . It is also inserted into the personal Shemoneh Esrei inside of Shema Koleinu (a blessing in the Shemoneh Esrei) during the Shacharit Prayer by Sephardic ...
On weekdays, this prayer ends with the words Shomer Amo Yisrael L'Ad. This is seen as appropriate for weekdays, when men go in and out in their weekday pursuits, and come in need of divine protection. [2] On Shabbat and Jewish holidays, an alternate version of this blessing is recited. The blessing is ended with the words "Who spreads the ...
Supplicatory prayer said during Shacharit and Mincha. Not said on Shabbat, Yom Tov and other festive days. Hallel: הלל Psalms 113–118, recited as a prayer of praise and thanksgiving on Jewish holidays. Hallel is said in one of two forms: Full Hallel and Partial Hallel. Shir shel yom: שיר של יום Daily psalm.
Aleinu (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ , lit. "upon us", meaning "[it is] our duty") or Aleinu leshabei'ach (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ "[it is] our duty to praise []"), meaning "it is upon us" or "it is our obligation or duty" to "praise God," is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur, the classical Jewish prayerbook.
Nishmat and Yishtabach are in some ways considered to be one long blessing, abridged just to Yishtabach on weekdays when there is no time to recite the entire prayer. [13] In this prayer, the word Nishmat (the combining form of Nishmah נִשְׁמָה 'breath') that begins the prayer is related to the word neshama (נְשָׁמָה ...
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]
Hayom Yom (Hebrew: היום יום, "Today is day...") is an anthology of Hasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the calendar for the Hebrew year of 5703 (1942–43). The work was compiled and arranged by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh Rebbe of Chabad , from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi ...
Prayer in Judaism is called avodah shebalev ("service of the heart"). Thus, prayer is meaningful only if one focuses one's emotions and intention (kavanah) on the words of the prayers. The Shulchan Aruch thus advises that one pray using a translation one can understand (i.e., one's vernacular), but learning the meaning of the Hebrew liturgy is ...