Sep
10
2017
Tefilla is an ideal personal growth tool. Classically, Tefilla is depicted as a connection between Man and God. However, let’s examine the use of Tefilla as a self-mantra exercise for coaching, and its effect on changing and improving one’s...
Apr
02
2017
By: Rabbi Eliot Feldman, Tefilla Project Educational Coordinator
Posted With permission from Lookstein Magazine.
In the 2011 movie Moneyball, Brad Pitt in the role of general manager of the 2002 Oakland Athletic baseball team shows how it is possible to build a...
Jan
03
2017
We say the word Baruch many times a day, in fact accordingly to the Halacha we need to make 100 blessings each day. The word "Baruch" doesn't simply mean "to bless", it has a far more essential meaning. In...
Jan
03
2017
One of the "bullet point" blessings we say each morning in Tefilla is המכין מצעדי גבר, recognizing the One who makes our shoes. Shoes? Are the blessings geared towards our soles our souls? In this Tefilla Talk we engage...
Apr
28
2016
Tefilla - Moments of Deep Connection vs. Constant Messages to Ourselves
Have you ever seen a person truly immersed in Tefilla? Take a moment and recall the times you have. What did you see? Were they crying or pouring their...
Mar
24
2016
Probing the Carlebach Phenomenon by Rabbi Avraham Trugman
In the article above, Rabbi Avraham Trugman, one of Rav Shlomo Carlebach’s students for over 20 years, describes the influence of Rav Shlomo in the following way:
“Rav Shlomo became a rallying point...
Mar
15
2016
The rationale – Making Tefilla Important
http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/how-to-put-tefilah-back-on-schools-agenda/
In the article above, the Rabbi Hirschfeld and Dr. Susan Wall from Pardes illustrates how Tefilla needs to be a priority for schools again. One of the reasons, I believe, Tefilla is not a...
Mar
14
2016
I would like to make a claim that may be revolutionary, and is definitely at the least unconventional. The claim is that Tefilla in schools should be primarily an educational experience, not a Halachic one. This concept of an...
Mar
13
2016
When I was an educator in a Jewish Day School in Toronto, Canada, I was given the task of leading the Tefilla for grades 6, 7 & 8. My Supervisor was very clear that the Tefilla was not nearly...
Mar
11
2016
When discussing a concept and its essential meaning, the first step is understanding what the word itself means. One of the greatest misconceptions and poor translations in Tefilla as prayer. Those are two almost opposing concepts. In order to...
