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The Barechu (Hebrew: ברכו, also Borchu, Barekhu or Bar'chu) is the beginning of the Jewish prayer service. It serves as a call to prayer, and is recited before the blessings over the morning and evening Jewish prayer services (the Shema , Shacharit and Maariv ), and before each aliyah in the Torah reading .
Barekhu (Let us praise) is the ceremonial call to worship by the prayer leader at the formal beginning of the daily morning and evening services. The morning service in the synagogue initially consisted only of the Shema (and its blessings) and the Amidah .
Jewish Law makes it our duty to pray three times daily: in the morning, in the afternoon and at nightfall. These prayers are called morning prayer (shacharit), afternoon prayer (minchah) and evening prayer (arvith or maariv ).
The Barechu Call to Prayer. Before we begin saying the blessings that precede Shema, the leader calls out to the congregation: Barechu et Hashem hamevorach, “Bless the L-rd, who is blessed.” They then reply: Baruch Hashem hamevorach leolam vaed, “Blessed be the L-rd who is blessed for all eternity.”
Jewish prayer (Hebrew: תְּפִילָּה, tefilla; plural תְּפִילּוֹת tefillot; Yiddish: תּפֿלה, romanized: tfile, plural תּפֿלות tfilles; Yinglish: davening / ˈ d ɑː v ən ɪ ŋ / from Yiddish דאַוון davn 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.
Barechu (Hebrew: ברכו, lit. 'to bless'; may also be transliterated as bar'chu or barekhu) is a part of the Jewish prayer service, functioning as a call to prayer. [1] The wording has its origins in Psalms (134: 1-2, 135: 19-20), but the blessing was standardized later, in the Talmud. [2][3]
The Shema is the centerpiece of the daily morning and evening prayer services and is considered by some the most essential prayer in all of Judaism. An affirmation of God’s singularity and kingship, its daily recitation is regarded by traditionally observant Jews as a biblical commandment.
Barekhu: The call to prayer. When Jews pray as part of a quorum of ten adults (a minyan), the Barekhu is recited, signaling the end of preliminary prayers and the start of the core prayer service. Learn more about Barekhu. Shema: The Jewish declaration of faith. The Shema, one of Judaism’s best-known prayers, declares that God is one.
In Jewish prayer we direct our prayer-messages directly to G-d. No intermediary person or object or thing is involved. However, there is one important criterion and that is that we have "Kavenna" or thinking-direction toward what we are saying. So prayer must include these thoughts too.
As communication with God, Jewish prayer–in forms cast in antiquity and reshaped by succeeding generations–gives expression to the values and the needs of individuals and of the Jewish people.