Top of the morning: An existentialist guide to Jewish prayer
Prayer may be an essential part of Jewish practice, but it is precisely because of its regularity that its inner essence is often passed over.
THE THIRD stage of morning prayers climaxes in the ‘Shema,’ which seals the covenant between God and Israel. (photo credit: GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByMORDECHAI BECK