Rabbi Yosef Hayon (15th Century, Portugal)
Not many details are known about the biographical data of rabbi Yosef Hayon (or Hayun). We know that he was born and died in...
AMIDA (berakha 10), Jewish Religion or Jewish people?
תקע בשופר גדול לחרותינו
The 'amida is divided in three sections. The first section, which includes three blessings, consists in praising God. The third section,...
SHABBAT: Iphone vs. iShabbat
כי ששת ימים עשה ה' את השמים ואת הארץ
Shabbat is the day in which Jews celebrate Creation. On Shabbat we give our testimony that...
AMIDA (Berakha 09) , “Make us rich… but save us from Affluenza”
The 9th berakha of the Amida, barekhenu or barekh alenu, is the blessing in which we ask haShem to grant our livelihood (parnasa).
This blessing...
Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732)
Rabbi Ya'aqob Kholi (aka Culi, Koli, etc) was born in Yerushalayim in 1689. In those days the situation of the Jews in Israel turned...
AMIDA (Berakha 08) HaShem is the ultimate Healer
רְפָאֵנוּ ה' וְנֵרָפֵא
"Cure us, Oh God, so we will be cured..."
In this berakha we acknowledge that God is the ultimate healer. When we are...
AMIDA (Berakha 07), HaShem, our next of kin
ראה נא בענינו וריבה ריבנו
Please see our suffering and fight our fights, and to grant us a complete salvation, for the sake of...
AMIDA (Berakha 06) Father vs King
סלח לנו אבינו כי חטאנו , מחול לנו מלכנו כי פשענו
"Forgive us, our Father, because we have inadvertently sinned; pardon us, our King, because...
Rabbi Binyamin Musafia (1606-1675)
Rabbi Binyamin ben Emanuel Musafia was born in Spain in 1606. He belonged to a family of "conversos", Jews that were forced to convert...
AMIDA (Berakha 05) The gift of repentance
כי לא תחפוץ במות המת, כי אם בשובו מדרכו וחיה
In this berakha we ask God to assist us in the process of our teshuba (=repentance). Literally,...
