Morning Prayer

Oil painting on stretched canvas... more

by Music of the Heart

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Dimensions

23.500 x 31.500 x 1.000 inches

Title

Morning Prayer

Artist

Music of the Heart

Medium

Painting - Oil Painting

Description

Oil painting on stretched canvas
23.5x31.5 inch (60x80 cm)

ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
The Shacharit (from shachar, morning light) prayer is recited in the morning. Halacha limits parts of its recitation to the first three (Shema) or four (Amidah) hours of the day, where "hours" are 1/12 of daylight time, making these times dependent on the season.
Various prayers are said upon arising; the tallit katan (a garment with tzitzit) is donned at this time. The tallit (large prayer shawl) is donned before or during the actual prayer service, as are the tefillin (phylacteries); both are accompanied by blessings.
The service starts with the "morning blessings" (birkot ha-shachar), including blessings for the Torah (considered the most important ones). In Orthodox services this is followed by a series of readings from Biblical and rabbinic writings recalling the offerings made in the Temple in Jerusalem. The section concludes with the "Rabbis' Kaddish" (kaddish de-rabbanan).
The next section of morning prayers is called Pesukei D'Zimrah ("verses of praise"), containing several psalms (100 and 145�150), and prayers (such as yehi chevod) made from a tapestry of Biblical verses, followed by the Song at the Sea (Exodus, chapters 14 and 15).
Barechu, the formal public call to prayer, introduces a series of expanded blessings embracing the recitation of the Shema. This is followed by the core of the prayer service, the Amidah or Shemoneh Esreh, a series of 19 blessings. The next part of the service, is Tachanun, supplications, which is omitted on days with a festive character (and by Reform services usually entirely).
On Mondays and Thursdays a Torah reading service is inserted, and a longer version of Tachanun takes place.
Concluding prayers (see Uva letzion) and Aleinu then follow, with the Kaddish of the mourners generally after Aleinu.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_prayer#Shacharit_.28morning_prayers.29
Note: The "box" that this Jewish man is wearing on his forehead, as well as the straps wrapped around his arm and finger are called "tfilin" in Hebrew (spelled 'tefillin' in English). Jewish people use this TFILIN during their morning payer because of what is written in Deuteronomy 6:8, 'And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes'. The TFILLIN contains small scrolls of verses from the Bible.

FEATURED in these fine art groups:
- Jewish Art group, on 4/26/2014
- Paintings with One Hundred Plus Views group, on 4/20/2014
- MOUSE group, on 4/19/2014

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April 15th, 2014