Understanding Prayer: 10 Short Videos on How Prayer Can Change Your Life

1) Spiritual Exercise How prayer is to the human spirit what exercise is to the human body.

2) Thanking & Thinking – Despite the difficult moments, it is important to remember daily that life is a gift.

3) Praise – How the concept of praise is central to Jewish prayer.

4) The Deepest Call – The Shofar and how its sound is a prayer that goes deeper than words.

5) Family – To all humanity, God is a friend. But to the Jewish people, He’s family.

6) Mistakes – We all make mistakes. It is how we learn from them that counts.

7) Growth – Judaism, especially around the High Holy Days, is a sustained tutorial in a growth mindset.

8) Holy Words – Holy words, places, time and people are central to Judaism.

9) Framing Beliefs – Jewish faith isn’t irrational or naive or pre-scientific, but a framing belief.

10) The Soul’s Language – Kol Nidre and the power of music to lift the Jewish soul.