Through the winter we have been delving further into our Mishkan T’filah siddur (prayer book) in order to get to know more about t’filot or prayers.  We began our discussion with a history lesson about the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem and how this eventually led to the concept of a local synagogue, and the need to replace sacrifice with a different kind of devotion to G-d, prayer.

That led us to explore our prayers to see where each one came from.  Continue reading →