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A Day in the Life of a Yid

Maariv

The origins of Maariv and the place of faith in nighttime tefillah.

3 shiurim1 hr 50 minReb Chaim Davies

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2025-06-27

136 A Day in the Life: Maariv, the Prayer of Emunah

Full episode00:36:31

About this shiur & source links

This week, we turn our attention to Maariv, the quietest and most mysterious of the tefillos. We explore its origin story — how a reshus became a chovah — and what that teaches us about our relationship to nighttime, uncertainty, and Divine closeness. From the Zohar’s cosmic framing of nightfall to the Avudraham’s pshat in hashkiveinu, we uncover how Maariv holds space for faith in the dark and presence after the day has ended. It’s a series that reclaims Maariv as more than an afterthought — as a tefillah with depth, strength, and quiet confidence.

This series, "A Day in the Life of a Yid", explores the Practical Laws and Deeper Dimensions of daily Avodas Hashem.

Source sheets for Shiurim 136-138: https://bit.ly/maariv-tefillah

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2025-06-29

137 A Day in the Life: Maariv, the Unstructured Encounter

Full episode00:30:48

About this shiur & source links

This week, we turn our attention to Maariv, the quietest and most mysterious of the tefillos. We explore its origin story — how a reshus became a chovah — and what that teaches us about our relationship to nighttime, uncertainty, and Divine closeness. From the Zohar’s cosmic framing of nightfall to the Avudraham’s pshat in hashkiveinu, we uncover how Maariv holds space for faith in the dark and presence after the day has ended. It’s a series that reclaims Maariv as more than an afterthought — as a tefillah with depth, strength, and quiet confidence.

This series, "A Day in the Life of a Yid", explores the Practical Laws and Deeper Dimensions of daily Avodas Hashem.

Source sheets for Shiurim 136-138: https://bit.ly/maariv-tefillah

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2025-06-30

138 A Day in the Life: To Daven Maariv Like a Free Man

Full episode00:43:20

About this shiur & source links

This week, we turn our attention to Maariv, the quietest and most mysterious of the tefillos. We explore its origin story — how a reshus became a chovah — and what that teaches us about our relationship to nighttime, uncertainty, and Divine closeness. From the Zohar’s cosmic framing of nightfall to the Avudraham’s pshat in hashkiveinu, we uncover how Maariv holds space for faith in the dark and presence after the day has ended. It’s a series that reclaims Maariv as more than an afterthought — as a tefillah with depth, strength, and quiet confidence.

This series, "A Day in the Life of a Yid", explores the Practical Laws and Deeper Dimensions of daily Avodas Hashem.

Source sheets for Shiurim 136-138: https://bit.ly/maariv-tefillah

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