"Living in a Prayer"

Preface to Herbert Levine's new siddur *Blessed Are You, Wonderous Universe*

Ben Yehuda Press kindly asked me to write a short Preface to Herbert Levine’s new “siddur for seekers.” It gave me a chance to briefly reflect on prayer, especially as I am giving a course on Jewish prayer and liturgy at Harvard Divinity School in the Fall. Here it is, “take what you need and leave the rest.” - Shaul