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Terms Related To
Liturgy and Worship
- Bracha (pl. brachot)
- Blessing — the rabbis say that we are to say at least 100 brachot
daily
- Daven
- The Yiddish word meaning “pray” is “daven,” which ultimately comes
from the same Latin root as the English word “divine” and emphasizes
the One to whom prayer is directed.
- Havdalah
- Service held at the end of Shabbat during the half-hour between
sunset and when the first three stars appear
- Kavanah
- Intention of the heart — necessary to fulfill the mitzvah of proper prayer
- Ma'ariv
- Evening prayer service at sunset — the time of the evening sacrifice
- Machzor
- Special prayer book for high holy days
- Mincha
- Originally an early afternoon (approx 3:00) prayer service at the
time of the early afternoon sacrifice; now held just before Ma'ariv;
lasts about 20 minutes
- Minyan
- The quorum necessary to recite certain prayers, consisting of
ten adult Jewish men (who have completed bar Mitzvah)
- Abraham pleaded for 10 righteous men
- 10 Spies came back
- In Communal Worship
- The minyan is the minimum “community” for public worship
- There are 3 times for daily prayer in modern orthodoxy
- Certain prayers require a minyan
- Musaf
- Additional Shabbat morning service held immediately following
Sharharit
- Shacharit
- The morning prayer service — regulated by numerous rabbinic rules
- Held at the hour of the morning sacrifice
- Siddur
- Prayer book — each movement has their own
- Tallit
- Prayer shawl — an outer garment with tzit-zit; worn by both men and
women during the 2nd Temple Period. Women are no longer
required to wear a tallit, but in many congregations they are
permitted to do so
- Tallit Katan
- “Small Tallit” — an undergarment with tzit-zit worn to fulfill the
mitzvah of tzit-zit
- Talmud
- The “Oral Law” — originally “Oral Tradition”
- Consists of the Mishna and the Gemara
- Of the two Talmuds (Jerusalem and Babylonian), the Babylonian is
considered more authoritative because at the time of its
development, the “more influential” rabbis lived in Babylon
- Tefillin
- Philacteries — worn by most Jewish men only during morning prayers;
were probably worn all the time during the 2nd Temple
Period
- Tzit-zit
- Knotted fringes worn at the corners of the garments; also, the 613
fringes of a tallit corresponding to the 613 Mitzvot
Originally posted on Shabbat, 11 July 2020
Page last updated on
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