Tefillah & The Amidah with Rabbi Mordechai Goodman
The Tefillah of the Shemoneh Esrei/Amidah is Judaism's most formal prayer. Composed by the Anshi Kneses HaGedolah in the early years of Bayis Sheni it's been recited at least three times a day since then.
This tefillah is both the foundation and centre-point of all services. There are several challenges of reciting this prayer with devotion and preventing it from become a by-rote experience.
This series is designed to give a greater understanding as to why it's formulated the way it is, what it means, how to focus on its messages and how to interpret its themes in terms of our daily lives and individual needs. When one has a deeper appreciation of these ideas it will make this tefillah come to life every day.
Rabbi Mordechai (Mitchell) Goodman, of Jewish Education in Manchester (JEM) guides the listener through a variety of concepts and laws associated with the history and development of the prayer and deep insights into its formulation, themes and meanings in each of its brochos.
We very much hope you gain from this series and develop your own appreciation of this most important, and frequent, prayer.