EPISODE · Sep 13, 2026
Liturgy as Devotional Prayer
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Liturgy as Devotional PrayerDorothy GitelmanJune 27, 2026As we enter Elul, we're using this season of preparation to catch up on messages from the past few months, works we don't want anyone to miss before the High Holidays. What do you actually mean when you say the words of a prayer you've said a hundred times?Dorothy walks us through why we all walk into shul carrying different backgrounds, habits, and default reactions, and how that shapes the way we pray together. Using the Sim Shalom blessing as a case study, she digs into what peace really means in the text and how putting our own hearts into the fixed words of the siddur can turn recitation into real devotion.For more information visit www.simchatyisrael.org
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