The Beurei Hatefila Institute was established in order to encourage the study of the words of the Siddur as a Jewish text in Jewish schools. To assist educators develop
courses on Tefila, the Institute publishes a weekly e-mail newsletter in which it traces the sources for the words and structure of the prayers within the Siddur.   To date,
newsletters covering Birchos Haschachar, Pseukei D'Zimra, Birchot Kriyat Shema and Kriyat Shema, Shemona Esrei, Tachanun, Kriyas Ha'Torah, Mincha, Maariv and
Kabbolos Shabbos have been published.  The individual newsletters and  compilations of the newsletters as e-books are available to be downloaded at no charge.  
The Beurei

Hatefila

Institute
Understanding The Words, Structure, and Development of the Siddur
Abe Katz, is available to meet with school administrators
to assist them in establishing a course in Beurei Hatefila at
their schools and to train teachers on using Hebrew-English
word processing and Judaic libraries on CD-ROM.   Mr.
Katz is also available to teach courses on Tefila at your
synagogue or Jewish Community Center and as a
scholar-in-residence
Updated Each Thursday
Recommended Reading List
To gain a greater understanding of
Tefila, you may want to consider
creating a Tefila library
Download Individual Newsletters
The Beurei Hatefila Institute mourns the loss of
Rabbi Isaiah Wohlgemuth, creator of the Beurei Hatefila
course of study.  
By continuing our study of the סידור, we perserve his legacy.
יהיה זכרו ברוך
ARTICLES
A MOMENT IN JEWISH HISTORY
Abe Katz
Executive Director
Author and Publisher
of the
Weekly E-Mail Newsletter
להבין את התפלה
To Contact Abe Katz directly:
beureihatefila@yahoo.com

Man’s true function is to know
G-d, and to make G-d known:
he can know G-d only through His
revelation, and he can comprehend that
revelation only by continued study - Philo
Welcome To The Beurei Hatefila Institute
The Beurei Hatefila Institute Has Published
Lessons On Behalf Of The Tefila Education
Initiative Of The Orthodox Union
The Beurei Hatefila Institute Has Established An
On-Line Library Dedicated to Books and Articles
That Concern Jewish Prayer.  The Following Books
are Now Available For Downloading:
TECHNICAL NOTE: DOWNLOADING LARGE PDF FILES WORKS BEST WITH INTERNET EXPLORER.  AVOID USING MOZILLA FIREFOX
New Articles
Maimonides Alumni Join With The Beurei Hatefila
Institute In Commemorating The Third Yahrzeit Of Rabbi
Isaiah Wohgemuth, zt"l, Who Taught Beurei Hatefila To
Maimonides School Students For Over Thirty Years
To Download The Yahrzeit Lecture, Click Below
The Beurei Hatefila Institute Urges Synagogues To
Encourage Their Congregants To Study The Piyuttim
Of The Arbah Parshios Before Each Special Shabbos
Lecture: The Brachos Of The Haggadah
Shabbos, March 6, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Young Israel Of Hillcrest
169-07 Jewel Avenue, Hillcrest, NY
Seder Holocaust Remembrance Prayer

In 1952, an organization, the Seder Ritual Committee,
composed a prayer to be recited at the Seder as a memorial to
the victims of the Holocaust.   The practice was not accepted
by many.  The Beurei Hatefila Institute is reproducing the
prayer together with some background information.