01. Ribon Haolomim [before Aizehu] (Yeshiva 5782/ 2021) Class One.This class had a lengthy introduction about the history of the Siddur and the care and precision in adding or changing anything. We discussed how often newer Tefillos are simply reusing existing ones in different places in different ways.Ribon Haolomim is likely one of those.It is...

02. Ribon Haolomim [before Aizehu] (Yeshiva 5782/ 2021) Class Two.First half of Ribon HaOlomim inside: how it used to be.There was Korbanos (sacrificing animal; bringing man close) and Ketores (intimacy with God) and a KeLI (vessel of Kohanim [work] Leviim [song] and Yisra’ailim [standing in Bittul]) to receive it.Now all of that is gone. Beis...

03. Ribon Haolomim [before Aizehu] (Yeshiva 5782/ 2021) Class Three.Second half inside: לכן יהי רצון מלפניך the notion of “the Face of God” is the basis for our relationship without a Beis HaMikdash (living ‘on life support’ from the ‘head’= Beis HaMikdash in Asiya Ruchnis) what is left is only ‘the essence’ שיח שפתותינו lips...