Books about Prayer

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  1. The Musaf prayer is considered a highlight of the Shabbos davening, yet its significance is underappreciated, and the depth of meaning that lies in and between its lines, on even a simple p’shat level, is easily overlooked.

    This familiar Shabbos Shemoneh Esreh abounds with a host of intriguing questions, which are explored by Rav Elchanan Adler in this erudite work. Geared toward the scholar and layperson alike, this sefer is a boon for anyone interested in gaining greater understanding and appreciation for the Musaf prayer.

    Also included is a brief overview of the Korban Musaf and its relationship to the Musaf prayer.

    “This sefer is sweet and utterly delightful, its priceless insights organized with clarity, in good taste, and with sophisticated appeal.”

    Rav Asher Weiss, Machon Minchas Osher L’torah V’horaah, Yerushalayim

    “I perused the sefer that you honored me with; it is a vessel containing blessing, full and overflowing…”

    Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Yerushalayim

    Rav Elchanan Adler is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan (RIETS). He studied previously in the Mirrer Yeshiva under Harav Elya Brudny, shlita, and Harav Shmuel Birnbaum, zt”l, and in Yeshivas Beis Yosef-Novardok, under Harav Yaakov Jofen, zt”l. He received semichah from Harav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l. Besides being a popular and beloved Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Adler has distinguished himself in the area of Bi’ur Tefillah and is the author of numerous sefarim (in Hebrew and English), including: Mitzvas HaShabbos, Asher Chanan, Yerach Tov, Eis Lechenina, Tzvi Sifarah, and Anim Zemiros: Elucidating, Demystifying and Appreciating the Shir Hakavod. Learn More

  2. When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation? A conversation that not only changed the way you think about your life, but also how you choose to live it.

    The Amidah prayer is a daily conversation with God that allows us to address our personal and spiritual aspirations while balancing our physical wants and spiritual needs. This volume explores the nineteen berachot of this prayer, revealing the relevance of each one to our own lives.

    DMC: The Amidah will empower you to:

    • Take active control of your life
    • Overcome limiting beliefs about yourself
    • Deal with challenges and adversity
    • Find fulfillment in your relationships
    • Strengthen your connection to God
    • Live life with a sense of purpose and optimism

    “Rabbi Kosowsky goes through each berachah of the Amidah, showing how the inspired and holy words of the Anshei Knesset Hagedolah speak to our concerns, our dreams, our pain, and our joys.”

    –Rabbi Yitzchak A. Breitowitz, Rav, Kehillat Ohr Somayach

    “DMC: The Amidah asks and answers the very questions that trouble so many young adults.”

    –Rabbi Leonard A. Matanky, PhD, Dean, Ida Crown Jewish Academy

    Rabbi Ira Kosowsky is the director of Machon Maayan, a post-high school seminary in Israel. He believes in personal and religious growth through open discussion, in-depth Torah study, and community involvement. Rabbi Kosowsky has established student leadership programs in many countries including England, South Africa, and the United States. He also holds an MA in Bible from Bernard Revel Graduate School, and received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University and Yeshivat Hamivtar. He lives in Chashmonaim with his wife and family. Learn More

  3. How can we turn tefillah into a more meaningful, enjoyable, and spiritually uplifting experience?

    Rabbi Eliezer M. Niehaus, Rosh Kollel, noted author, and beloved rebbe, gives us the opportunity to do so with this enthralling and informative sefer. Bringing the elevated words and concepts of our great Rabbis down to earth, he gives us a fresh understanding of what tefillah is all about, how to prepare for it, and how to elevate it — and us — along the way.

    Including hundreds of practical tips and secrets of a successful prayer, HeavenWords will ensure that our words — and ourselves — soar heavenwards.

    “Your sefer entitled ‘Heavenwords’ emphasizes the importance of the tefillos of Klal Yisrael to Hakadosh Baruch Hu.”

    - Rav Shmuel Shmuel Kamenetsky

    “My talmid, Rabbi Eliezer Niehaus has authored an outstanding sefer on tefillah… I highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to make his tefillah more inspiring.”

    - Rav Moshe Meiselman

    “This sefer will definitely bring a great strengthening to tefillah, a matter which unfortunately is treated lightly.”

    - Rav Shlomo Kanievsky

    “Rav Eliezer has produced a whole sefer on the avodah of tefillah and has again excelled in presenting such a major topic in avodas Hashem in a way that talks to everyone — layman and scholar alike.”

    - Rav Elchonon Meir Fishman Learn More

  4. Chazal in Perek Shirah gathered eighty-five elements of the natural world, each one declaring a certain truth, its own shirah. Minerals, plant life, aquatic life, and animal life all take their place in a glorious shiras ha’briah. What, however, are those truths, cryptically encoded in the shiros? What messages should we meditate on while reciting the words of Perek Shirah?

    In Exploring Perek Shirah, each shirah is examined through the lens of Chazal to discover its inner meaning. The origin and purpose of this ancient text are also examined to discover the spiritual foundation of our natural world.

    “This work is literally an encyclopaedic compendium on Perek Shirah... I found [it] fascinating, informative, and inspiring.”

    Rabbi Zev Leff

    “Today there is a worldwide thirst for understanding the meaning of Perek Shirah, and Rebbetzin Tugendhaft has done a remarkable job in making it accessible to the wider public.”

    Dayan Y.Y. Lichtenstein


    Rebbetzin Shoshana Tugendhaft grew up in a Rabbinic home in London and went on to marry Rabbi Dovid Tugendhaft, Rov of the Beis Hamedrash Nishmas Yisroel, London. She studied at the Michlala in Jerusalem for two years and later achieved an undergraduate degree in History (BA hist. hons). While bringing up her children, she continued to give shiurim to women and to high school girls, both within institutions and on a private basis. These covered a range of topics from Chumash to Pirkei Avos, Halacha and Philosophy. She teaches Kallah classes and Bas Mitzvah classes as part of her communal responsibilities but is known for her passion for teaching Jewish History. To this end she has developed her business of conducting private tours of the British Museum in London, a world renowned museum of civilizations. In her capacity as a tour guide she takes Shul groups, school groups, tourists and families around the museum to learn about their heritage in an exciting and dramatic environment. She uses her research into archaeology to bring her Nach classes to life, both in Beis Yaakov where she teaches and for her adult interest groups. Some of her shiurim can be found on TorahAnytime.com and a tour at the museum can be booked via her website www.tenachtours.com. Rebbetzin Tugendhaft can also be hired to give virtual tours of the museum on Zoom and can be contacted via email at [email protected].

    Writing this book has been a labour of love and incredibly rewarding for her. She is very grateful to all the generous people who helped to bring this book to light and looks forward to publishing further with Mosaica in the future, b’Ezras Hashem. Learn More

  5. Unlock the Blessing of Your Day!

    In those first moments of the day, we raise our eyes to Heaven in thanks. We begin with gratitude, connection and prayer -- with Birchas HaShachar, the Morning Blessings -- precious words for a precious time of day.

    Following the format of his bestselling work, Nishmas: Song of the Soul, Rabbi Yisroel Besser brings us a a riveting combination of insights based on the classic commentaries and true stories that inspire and enlighten us.

    Transform the first moments of your day by discovering the power and potency of its prayers, and you will realize that the morning tefillos are not just for morning, but for every moment of every day. Learn More

  6. Living Tefillah will help its readers discover how everyday life contains a goldmine of opportunities to enhance the quality of their relationship with Hashem — and awaken a new spirit of life within their daily tefillah.

    “I received Rav Mendel’s pleasant words which he has revealed regarding tefillah… It is my hope that he will continue to reveal the depths [of the Torah] to the Torah world also in other mitzvos, which are difficult to understand and not known to everyone…” [Translated from Hebrew]

    Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky

    “Rav Weiss’s new book brings the reader into the world of prayer and brings the prayer into the world of the reader, to elevate him to stand before Hashem properly as he speaks with his heart and not [merely] with his lips…” [Translated from Hebrew]

    Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl

    “Rav Mendel Weiss’s book…is a groundbreaking work in helping us understand on a deep but clear and understandable level the true purpose of tefillah… It’s well worth it, for reading and rereading this book can change your life…”

    Rav Noach Orlowek

    “Rav Weiss gives guidance in how one can use one’s mind to open one’s heart to truly connect with the Creator. The author uses sound philosophy, short stories, and vignettes that can make tefillah relevant and vibrant... I recommend this work to those who wish to make their prayer a true service of the heart.”

    Rav Zev Leff

    “I've never seen anything on tefillah like what Rav Mendel has written. To be sure, I’ve seen a lot of excellent works on prayer, but in my opinion, they all come after the fundamental, super- to-the-point ideas that Rav Mendel presents. I hope you'll gain as much from this book as I have.”

    Rav Chaim Rosenblatt , author of Why Do I Need to Learn Gemara?

    Rabbi Mendel Weiss has been teaching post-high-school students at Yeshivas Netiv Aryeh for the past two decades. For many years, he has been a very close student and chavrusa of Rabbi Moshe Aaron Shuchatowitz, shlita. Upon recognizing Rav Weiss's ability to express deep Torah concepts in a clear way, Rav Shuchatowitz appointed him to present his own teachings regarding marriage in his book called The Living Marriage. Rabbi Weiss has been living with his wife and family in Jerusalem for the past thirty years Learn More

  7. On Shabbos morning, as the world is wrapped in a blanket of peace and serenity, we are given a gift, the chance to recite a sacred tefillah. Whenever and wherever it’s recited, Nishmas carries the same power and glory, an ode that expreses our deepest emotion, the gratitude and hope and simple joy in being alive.

    Across the world, the tefillah has become a precious segulah, a shared treasure, belonging to a nation, but also a private heirloom, property of each individual.

    In this volume, for the first time ever in English, Rabbi Yisroel Besser gives us a whole new understanding of the magnificent words of Nishmas, with a sweeping, fresh and contemporary commentary, chock full of enlightening stories and insights that illustrate the many concepts discussed in Nishmas.

    With this book, you can join the “Nishmas army,” those committed to saying Nishmas regularly, a concept suggested by Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky, who’d received the tradition from her revered father-in-law, the Steipler Gaon. Reciting Nishmas daily or in times of challenge, they have seen wonders, the secrets of prayer itself hidden within the words of this tefillah, thanksgiving and entreaty merging in every line and phrase.

    And aside from salvation, they have experienced a connection with the Master, itself the greatest gift of all and the reason for existence. Learn More

  8. Yanky Yankovich and Baruch Blessing are SUPER excited: as part of the school's program to learn about Shemoneh Esrei, they've arranged a tour of the palace of His Royal Majesty, King Roderick Herculè Falmouth Ericsson. On their trip, they meet Prince Bernard II, Alfredo the maitre-di, Larry, the prince's majordomo, and many others. But a dropped notebook turns this dream trip into a nightmare, as the boys are arrested as spies! Can their friends from school help them? Will they succeed in proving their innocence? Will Rabbi Benedict find a way to intercede? Be careful! When you're in the king's palace, anything could happen! Learn More
  9. Have you ever thought about it?

    WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF DAVENING?

    • It can’t be to tell Hashem what we need. He knows that already.
    • It can’t be to ask Hashem to change something He already decreed. Everything He does is for the best, so why should we intervene?
    • It can’t be just to elevate ourselves. If so, how does praying for someone else work?

    WE PRAY EVERY DAY, BUT DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?

    With profound and penetrating insights gleaned from a thorough review of Torah sources, Insights into Tefillah explains clearly the basics of prayer. One by one, Rabbi Prof. Avraham Weinroth answers the difficult questions associated with prayer, and inspires to a higher level of Divine service. In addition, he discusses: intent (kavanah), preparation before tefillah, praying for the sick, women’s prayer, Birkas Kohanim, and Kaddish.

    Now you too can daven fully and deeply, and achieve true deveikus with Hashem!

    About the Author:

    RABBI PROFESSOR AVRAHAM WEINROTH studied at HaYishuv HaChadash and Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael, and heads the law firm of Prof. A. Weinroth & Co. In addition to writing more than 200 articles, he has authored 19 books. His first English work, Faith in G-d Versus Human Effort (Feldheim, 2013), was originally published in 2006 as Bitachon Ve’hishtadlus, and won the Jerusalem Prize for Torah Literature and Jewish thought in 2008. Learn More

  10. Kabolas Shabbos: Covenant of the Chosen, A Exposition of the Kabbolas Shabbos Prayer
    The tefillos of Kabbolas Shabbos are a gateway – a majestic link – that joins the six-week-days to the sanctity of Shabbos. This unique sequence of prayers – from Tehillim, Lecha Dodi, Mizmor Shir, through Ma’ariv - encapsulates many monumental themes and ideas, and this remarkable book reveals these hidden treasures, making them accessible to all.

    Drawing upon the teachings of our Sages in Talmud and Midrash, along with insights and anecdotes from Sages throughout the generations, the author weaves a wondrous tapestry, resulting in a book so inspiring, you will gladly turn to it time and again.

    Particular care is taken to highlight the deep connection between Shabbos and redemption through Moshiach ben David; the reader is drawn to new heights in yearning for redemption. The Covenant of the Chosen provides insight on all of the chapters of Kabbolas Shabbos as well as extensive commentary on Lechah Dodi, and guides the reader through the Shabbos-enhanced Maariv prayer. Enter the world of Shabbos and experience true redemption. Learn More

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