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.

It is a Jewish prayer called Mi Shebeirach and it is basically a prayer for health and courage, and it says, "May we have the courage to make our lives a blessing," he explained.

If he is right, this Jewish prayer book will be the Western world’s first printed book (that we know of). For now, the book is residing in the home safe of the American Jew who bought it.

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 ...