“I have poured out my heart to Adonai”
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, our haftarah (reading from the Prophets) is Hannah’s prayer. At TBZ, for reasons of time, we read in community only the words of Hannah’s prayer. But that prayer is presented in the First Book of Samuel as the culmination of one of the most remarkable and moving narratives in our Tanakh (bible).
This class will offer an opportunity to explore the story of Hannah and her quest for a child and a relationship with God. Perhaps surprisingly, the rabbis of the Talmud claim her as our teacher of how to speak (and cry out) to God. We’ll spend time with both the first chapter of 1 Samuel and the Talmudic passage that uses it as our source for learning to pray.