Service of the heart

xxi · ࢣ ࢤࢡࢣࢢࢡࢤࢣ ࢢࢡ ࢣxx ࢣ ࢤࢡࢣࢢ ࢡࢤࢣ ࢢ ࢡ ࢣRecall that the word Siddur means "arrangement" or "order." To the untrained eye, it may seem like just a random collection of verses and sentences but, in truth, there is an order that is designed to take one on a step-by-step journey toward a rendezvous with God. How all of the pieces ﬁt together is a question to which you can provide your own answer. On this page and the next are the brief outlines of just two possibilities. השחר ברכות דזמרה פסוקי שמע קריאת ברכות עשרה שמונה דסדרא קדושה תחנון יום של ושיר עלינוraiseŪ ratitude raiseŪࢦonder reation Ťהללוי־הť and od’ s presence in history Ť ישיראזť ࢢeing riorities for the ay oncluding statements ccepting ashem’ s ࢢovereignty reator Ť אוריוצרť iver of the ࢣorah Ť רבהאהבהť ing Ť שמעקריאתť resence in history Ť ישראלגואלť inal lea rivate udience Service of the heart Rav Shimon Schwab (d. ƥƭƭƩ) the leader of the German Jewish com- munity in Washington Heights for close to ƨƤ years, suggests that our "service of the heart" ( שבלבעבודה) corresponds to the Service (עבודה) in the Beit HaMikdash. All of Shaĥarit can therefore be seen as a symbolic path toward a private meeting with God. What follows is but a brief summary of his more detailed and poetic description. ƥ. e Ezrat Nashim – the place where everyone congregated before the doors opened. Corresponds to things said before Shaĥarit begins: אדון נשמה אלקי, יצר אשר, ידים נטילת,עולם. Ʀ. e ƥƩ steps leading up to the Ezrat Yisrael. Corresponds to the ƥƩ ברכותהשחר. Ƨ. e Ezrat Kohanim, location of the Mizbe’aĥ (Altar). Corresponds to the Korbanot section. ƨ. Steps leading from the Ezrat Koha- nim to the Ulam. e ƥƦ steps plus the platform correspond to the ƥƧ midot of Rabbi Yishmael. Ʃ. e Ulam or antechamber. Corre- sponds to Pesukei DeZimra. ƪ. e Heikhal or Holy Place, location of the Shulĥan and Menora. Corresponds to the two blessings before Shema, one which focuses on the material world ( אוריוצר) and the other on the spiritual ( אהבהרבה). ƫ . e Mizbe’aĥ HaKetoret – the In- cense Altar, corresponding to the Shema. Ƭ. e Parokhet

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Recall that the word Siddur means "arrangement" or "order." To the untrained eye, it may seem like just a random collection of verses and sentences but, in truth, there is an order that is designed to take one on a step-by-step journey toward a rendezvous with God. How all of the pieces fit together is a question to which you can provide your own answer. On this page and the next are the brief outlines of just two possibilities.

ברכות השחר

פסוקי דזמרה

ברכות קריאת שמע

שמונה עשרה

קדושה דסדרא

תחנון

עלינו ושיר של יום

raiseratitude

raise onderreation הללוי־ה

and od’s presence in history אז ישיר

etting riorities

for the ay

oncluding statements

ccepting ashem’s overeigntyreator יוצר אורiver of the orah אהבה רבהing קריאת שמעresence in history גואל ישראל inal lea

rivate udience

Service of the heartRav Shimon Schwab (d. ) the leader of the German Jewish com-munity in Washington Heights for close to years, suggests that our

"service of the heart" (עבודה שבלב) corresponds to the Service (עבודה) in the Beit HaMikdash. All of Shaĥarit can therefore be seen as a symbolic path toward a private meeting with God.

What follows is but a brief summary of his more detailed and poetic description.. The Ezrat Nashim – the place where everyone congregated before the

doors opened. Corresponds to things said before Shaĥarit begins: אדון .עולם, נטילת ידים, אשר יצר, אלקי נשמה

. The steps leading up to the Ezrat Yisrael. Corresponds to the ברכות .השחר

. The Ezrat Kohanim, location of the Mizbe’aĥ (Altar). Corresponds to the Korbanot section.

. Steps leading from the Ezrat Koha-nim to the Ulam. The steps plus the platform correspond to the midot of Rabbi Yishmael.

. The Ulam or antechamber. Corre-sponds to Pesukei DeZimra.

. The Heikhal or Holy Place, loca-tion of the Shulĥan and Menora. Corresponds to the two blessings before Shema, one which focuses on the material world (יוצר אור) and the other on the spiritual (אהבה .(רבה

. The Mizbe’aĥ HaKetoret – the In-cense Altar, corresponding to the Shema.

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