Tefilla Engagement – A Coaching Model

Tefilla is an ideal personal growth tool. Classically, Tefilla is depicted as a connection between Man and God. However, let’s examine the use of Tefilla as a self-mantra exercise for coaching, and its effect on changing and improving one’s...

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Creating a Rubric for the Tefilla Experience

  By: Rabbi Eliot Feldman, Tefilla Project Educational Coordinator Posted With permission from Lookstein Magazine. In the 2011 movie Moneyball, Brad Pitt in the role of general manager of the 2002 Oakland Athletic baseball team shows how it is possible to build a...

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What does Baruch actually mean?

We say the word Baruch many times a day, in fact accordingly to the Halacha we need to make 100 blessings each day. The word "Baruch" doesn't simply mean "to bless", it has a far more essential meaning. In...

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Appreciating our Soles

One of the "bullet point" blessings we say each morning in Tefilla is המכין מצעדי גבר, recognizing the One who makes our shoes. Shoes? Are the blessings geared towards our soles our souls? In this Tefilla Talk we engage...

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Where Camp Style Tefillot and The Cheider Style Meet

The best interaction engagement strategy for students in Tefilla, is getting them to sing. Studies have shown the clear educational benefits of teaching through song. For example, in a university level class, there are universities that, in fact, use...

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