This week, we are proud to bring you our interview with Eliana and <a href="https://sites.google.com/bc.edu/ruth-langer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Rabbi Doctor Professor Ruth Langer</a>. Professor Langer is a liturgy scholar and director of graduate studies at Boston College&#39;s Theology Department. We explore how liturgical change gets squashed, how the Talmud set the course for future liturgical halacha, and how prayers emerged throughout history. 
 
What is the value of knowing liturgical history to the pray-er?
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Episode 56: Shabbat at Home - the Family Blessing

Welcome to the light lab! We (Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, Cantor Ellen Dreskin, Eliana Light, and special guests) believe that there is so much insight to be found in Jewish sacred heritage by holding the gems of our liturgy to the light. We see the immense value of personal, heart-opening, empathy-expanding prayer practice. And we love to talk about both. Join us! Follow us on facebook and instagram @thelight.lab and support the show at ko-fi.com/thelightlab