Reb Zalman sends thoughts on the Tachanun prayer for your davvenen.  The Tachanun occurs after the Tefillah / 18 Benedictions / Standing prayer during morning and afternoon weekday services for most of the year.  Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG Editor.  "Each morning we davven, after the Amidah, we come to a place in the service when we have to look around and find a way to say or [...]...

The following article appeared in Reb Zalman's book, Paradigm Shift, (Jason Aronson Inc., 1993, pp. 3-11).   I have taken the liberty to make some minor changes for enhanced accessibility.  Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG editor THE SINAI GATHERING Prayers of Peace by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi This report to the P'nai Or community appeared in the B'nai Or Newsletter, June 1984 issue. [...]...

The following excerpt from Reb Zalman's book, Integral Halachah, deals with the question of ways to emphasize new aspects to our practice of adding an additional day of Yom Tov outside of Israel.   Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG Editor "I feel, also, that when we are coming to the issue of yom tov sheni shel golyus / second day [...]...

Dear Friends:  Here is Reb Zalman's translation of this beautiful prayer from Shalosh Se'udos formatted along with the Hebrew.  Happy Shavuot.  Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG Editor...

Dear Friends:  For your Shavuot celebrations, please read the following, Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG Editor: From Reb Zalman Date: 2008/05/30 Fri PM 12:48:11 EDT With Shavuot coming next week, we have been preparing for receiving the Torah, and I have been occupied with some concerns I want to share with you. Professor Heschel taught that the Torah is an [...]...