Personal Prayer During the Amida
The Amida (the silent shemoneh esreh) is a set prayer which cannot be altered in any way. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores when and how personal prayers may be added to the general tefilah.
Personal Prayer During the Amida: Personal Prayer During the Amida
How do you add your own private prayers to the standard text of the amida (the silent prayer; the Shemona Esrei)?
Can you add your prayer in English?
Should you pronounce the words or only think them?
Can you pray for a good future or only for a good present?
A Hebrew source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class, we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.