B'chol L'vavcha: With All Your Heart

Publisher’s Note, Third Edition
Foreword, Third Edition
Introduction, Original Edition, 1975
Some Words of Thanks, Second Edition, 2001
Introduction, Third Edition: About B’chol L’vavacha
Creating New Prayers: Fixed Prayer versus Spontaneous Prayer
Seder HaT’filah—The Order of the Service

Section One—B’rachot: Blessings

Section Two—Kabbalat Shabbat
The Opening Kabbalat Shabbat Psalms
 L’chah Dodi
 Psalms 92 and 93 29

Section Three—Kippah, Tallit, T’fillin:
How Do We Dress for Prayer? 
Wearing a Kippah 
Wearing a Tallit 
Laying T’fillin 

Section Four—Birchot HaShachar and P’sukei D’zimrah:
The Morning Blessings and Verses of Praise
Birchot HaShachar: The Morning Blessings
Modeh/Modah Ani: Gratitude on Waking Each Morning 
Mah Tovu: Sanctifying Our Sacred Space
Asher Yatzar: The Blessing of the Body
Elohai N’shamah: The Blessing of the Soul
Nisim B’chol Yom: Miracles Every Day
Birkat HaTorah: A Blessing for Engaging with Words of Torah 

P’sukei D’zimrah: Verses of Praise
Baruch She-amar: Praised Is the One Who Spoke
Psalm 100, for Weekdays
Psalm 92, for Shabbat
Ashrei 
Psalm 150
Nishmat: The Soul of Everything That Lives (Shabbat)
Yishtabach: The Conclusion of Praise (Every Day)

Section Five—The Sh’ma
Bar’chu: The Call to Worship
Yotzeir: Creator of Light (for Morning Services)
Maariv Aravim: Creator of the Night (for Evening Services)
Ahavah Rabbah: God’s Love for Us (for Morning Services) and Ahavat Olam: God’s Love for Us (for Evening Services)
Sh’ma: Hear, O Israel
V ’ahavta: You Shall Love
Emet V ’Yatziv: Redemption (for Morning Services) and Emet Ve-Emunah: Redemption (for Evening Services)
Hashkiveinu: God as Our Protector (for Evening Services
V ’shamru and Yism’chu: Marking Shabbat (for Evening Services)

Section Six—The Amidah
The First Three Blessings of the Amidah
Avot v’Imahot: Fathers and Mothers
G’vurot: God’s Power
K’dushah: Sanctification
K’dushat HaYom: Sanctification of the Day (Shabbat)
Amidah L’Chol: The Thirteen Middle Blessings of the Amidah for Weekday Services—Petitions
The Last Three Blessings of the Amidah
Avodah: Worship
Hodaah: Thanksgiving
Birkat Shalom: Blessing of Peace
Elohai N’tzor L’shoni Meira: My God, Guard My Speech
Hallel for Festivals

Section Seven—K’riat HaTorah: The Reading of Torah
At the Ark
Taking the Torah from the Ark
Aliyah and the Torah Service 
Mi Shebeirach
The Haftarah Blessings
Rosh Chodesh: The New Month
Honoring the Torah

Section Eight—Siyum HaAvodah: The Conclusion of the Service
Aleinu
Kaddish
Adon Olam: You Are the Eternal God
Ein Keiloheinu: There Is None Like God

Section Nine—Kiddush
Kiddush for Friday Night
Kiddush for Shabbat Day

Section Ten—Havdalah

Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Sources and Permissions
About the Authors