Prayer provides a means to express gratitude. Prayer can be silent. Prayer can be communal. Prayer expresses our deepest needs and appreciation. This course follows the development of prayer, from the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai, to the Temple in Jerusalem, to the Synagogue of today. The course will also explore some of the concepts behind prayer and blessings, as well as the power of meditation, as we link our past, present, and future, to the immediate and the transcendent. This is a journey of the soul — start today. 

Lesson 1 - On a Wing and a Prayer: Why People Pray 
Lesson 2 - Minyans, Mishkan, and the Mobile Community 
Lesson 3 - Breathing Berakhot into Life, and Life into Berakhot 
Lesson 4 - Intention, Connection, and Introspection 
Lesson 5 - Praying the Part: Special Prayers for Ordinary Days 
Lesson 6 - Shal-Ohm: Mysticism, Meditation and Meaning 

Taught by: Shayna Friedman 
Shayna has been working in Jewish education for more than 20 years and administration for more than 15. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Tulane University and a Master of Arts in Jewish Education (MAJE) from the Rhea Hirsch School of Jewish Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, CA. She currently serves as the Director of Admissions at Denver Jewish Day School.

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