When I saw this Seder HaYom, it made me realize a beautiful answer to a question asked to me by one of my students. Reb Eliezer Steinberg showed me that each of the first seven words of Aleinu contain ...
The Aleinu prayer combines the idea of Israel as God’s “am segulah” (treasured people), assuming the continued responsibility to live a life of worth and meaning,” and “a kingdom of priests and a holy ...