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    Berakhot - the order of prayer

    A blueprint from sugya to daily halakha

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    01

    Chapter 1 · Foundations of berakhot

    8 lessons
    1. 01What is a berakhah? Source in the Mishna and Gemara (35a) 22 min
    2. 02The fixed text - "Barukh Atah" and "Malkhut" (40b) 20 min
    3. 03Berakhah le-vatalah and berakhah she-einah tzrikhah (33a) 20 min
    4. 04Shomea ke-oneh and answering Amen (53b) 20 min
    5. 05Hesech ha-daat and shifting place (42a) 18 min
    6. 06Safek berakhot le-hakel (Maharitz, Birkei Yosef) 18 min
    7. 07Kavanah in a berakhah - heart or mouth? (13a) 18 min
    8. 08Berakhah categories - three buckets 18 min
    02

    Chapter 2 · Keriat Shema and its blessings

    8 lessons
    1. 09The first Mishna - "from when do we recite Shema" (2a) 24 min
    2. 10Three parshiyot - Shema, Vehaya, Vayomer (12b) 20 min
    3. 11Kavanah in Shema - the first verse (13b) 20 min
    4. 12Birkot Keriat Shema of Shacharit (11b) 20 min
    5. 13Evening Shema - four berakhot (11a) 18 min
    6. 14"U-velekhtekha ba-derekh" and reciting Shema on the road (5b) 18 min
    7. 15Bedtime Shema (5a) 16 min
    8. 16Interruptions in Shema - when may you answer (13a) 18 min
    03

    Chapter 3 · Tefillat Amidah

    8 lessons
    1. 17Origin of the Amidah - Patriarchs or Korbanot (26b) 22 min
    2. 18Structure of the 19 berakhot - three sections (34a) 22 min
    3. 19Shevach berakhot - Avot, Gevurot, Kedushah 20 min
    4. 20Middle berakhot - 13 requests in detail 24 min
    5. 21Adding a personal request in the Amidah (34a) 18 min
    6. 22Closing berakhot - Retzeh, Modim, Birkat Kohanim, Shalom 20 min
    7. 23Chazarat ha-shatz and Tachanun (34b) 20 min
    8. 24Times of the three daily prayers (26b) 20 min
    04

    Chapter 4 · Practical halakha

    8 lessons
    1. 25Birkot ha-nehenin - the seven sensory berakhot 22 min
    2. 26Birkat ha-Mazon - four berakhot and the secret of order (48b) 24 min
    3. 27After-berakhot - Me’ein Shalosh and Borei Nefashot 20 min
    4. 28Birkot ha-Shachar - the morning recognition (60b) 20 min
    5. 29Birkot ha-mitzvot - before, after, or none 20 min
    6. 30Berakhot of sight and sound - sages, kings, lightning 18 min
    7. 31Contemporary applications - travel, devices, technology 20 min
    8. 32Course finale - building your personal tefillah blueprint 22 min
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