Morning Prayers
This prayer is recited every morning and expresses gratitude to God for restoring our soul.
What is Modeh/Modah Ani?
What is the Avot?
This word means nourishment, food, or sustenance in Hebrew.
What is mazon/hazan/zan?
This special set of Psalms is sung as part of the morning service on Rosh Chodesh.
What is Hallel?
This is said with a minimum of 10 people and indicates that it is time to pray together as a community.
What is the Barechu?
This prayer is sung upon entering a special or holy space.
What is Mah Tovu?
These are the three categories of blessings found in the Amidah.
What are Praise, Petition, and Thanksgiving?
The Birkat Ha'aretz section praises God for providing this for the Jewish people.
What is the Land of Israel?
We do this ritual before Pesach with a feather, a candle and a spoon to make sure we are ready for the holiday.
What is Bedikat Chametz?
This prayer is often considered the "six word memoir" of the Jewish people.
What is the Shema?
This prayer was originally intended in part to express gratitude for not dying in one’s sleep.
What is Modeh/Modah Ani?
In this section of the Amidah we mimic the angels by turning our bodies a certain way.
What is the Kedushah?
This word means 'Compassionate One' and is the section of the Birkat when we ask for different things.
What is HaRachaman?
In addition to Rosh Chodesh, this is one of the other holidays when we say Hallel.
What is Pesach, Sukkot, Shavuot, or Chanukah?
What is Psalm 150/Halleluyah?
This blessing begins with a message about the power of words, and goes on to describe many things that God does.
What is Baruch she'Amar?
This is the number of blessings found in the entire Amidah.
What is 19?
The Boneh Yerushalayim section requests this from God.
What is the rebuilding of Jerusalem?
This prayer is sung leading up to and during the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Its title literally translates to "Our Father, Our King."
What is Avinu Malkeinu?
This prayer is divided into three sections and includes a request for rain in the winter and dew in the summer.
What is the Amidah?
This prayer begins with a verse from a Torah story about a king, a seer and a donkey.
What is Mah Tovu?
These are two things we ask for during the petitionary blessings of the Amidah.
What is: Wisdom, Repentance, Forgiveness, Justice, Redemption, Enemies Defeated, Righteous Role Models, Jerusalem rebuilt, Kingdom of David re-established, a Year of Blessing, Return from Exile, Our Prayers Answered. (Name any two)
The Hatov v'haMetiv blessing thanks God for this.
What is the positive relationship between God and the Jewish people?
This psalm is recited every day in the month of Elul leading up to Rosh Hashanah
What is Psalm 27 (or you can hum it...)?
This prayer shares the root of it's Hebrew name with the Hebrew word meaning "knee."
What is the Barechu?