In Hebrew, the Shehechiyanu is pronounced, "Barukh ata adonai elohenu melekh ha'olam, shehecheyanu, v'kiyimanu, v'higiyanu la'z'man ha'zeh." Another prayer—called the Hamotzi—is said before ...

Set Jewish Blessings. Besides spontaneous prayer, Judaism has a whole set of prayer formulas especially geared toward men: what we should want to say and strive for.

I was many weeks into reciting kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning, for my father when I realized I did not know how to pray. Oh, I knew the words and the melodies for the daily ...