Jewish Prayer Guide

How is it that Jews have been praying for thousands of years, yet the deep prayer experience seems so inaccessible to so many of us?  The dormant status of our prayerful selves, however, is not inevitable.  Connecting to Jewish prayer is a lifelong journey.  If you are ready to make your prayer life come alive again or for the first time, it might be time for a guide.


What is a prayer guide?

A prayer guide can help you with technical skills, but also the soft skills of letting prayer seep in

Technical skills include:

  • Follow a service better
  • Strengthening your Tefila vocabulary 
  • Understanding the logic of the prayer structure
  • Navigate the complex word structures
  • linking prayer to the rest of our textual tradition 
  • Connect the prayers to the Hebrew calendar
  • Familiarize yourself with the nusach / musicality of prayer
  • Train yourself to lead the prayer

Soft skills include:

  • Making the prayer experience fun, engaging and appropriate to the moment
  • Digging deeper into the spiritual themes of the prayer book
  • Reflect on to whom you are directing your prayer
  • Managing the boredom in long services
  • Using prayer to connect to yourself and the congregation at the same time.
  • Learn and discover alongside your friends/elders/children/community the mysteries embedded in this tradition

You are invited to learn with Reb Ezra Weinberg, a prayer guide

Reb Ezra Weinberg is a tefilah enthusiast, a lifelong student of davenology, and a leader of prayer in many settings. He wants to help you find your place in Jewish prayer. 

Prayer guidance sessions can be in person or virtual. One-on-one tutoring or in small groups.  

Whether you are new to prayer or a lifelong practitioner if you want to make your prayer life come alive. Contact R. Ezra for a free consultation.

Background: Renewal, Reconstructionist, Traditional Egalitarian, Orthodox, Conservative