Structure of Tefilla/Jewish Prayer
I. Evening Service (Ma'ariv)
Kabbalat Shabbat, Psalms and hymn (Friday night only)
Shema and it's blessings and related passages
Amida/Shemoneh Esrei
Aleinu
II. Morning Service (Shacharit)
Morning Blessings
P'sukei d'Zimra
Shema and it's blessings and related passages
Amida/Shemoneh Esrei
Hallel (only on special days)
Torah reading (Mondays, Thursdays, Shabbat and holidays)
Aleinu, and other closing prayers, Psalms and hymns (not on Shabbat and holidays; recited at the end of Musaf instead on those days)
III. Additional Service (Musaf) (Shabbat and holidays only; recited immediately after II. Shacharit)
Amida/Shemoneh Esrei
Aleinu and other closing prayers, Psalms and hymns
VI. Afternoon Service (Minchah)
Ashrei (Psalm 145)
Amida/Shemoneh Esrei
Aleinu
Chevruta Guide:
1. What commonalities do you notice above? What differences do you notice?
2. What insight(s) do you gain from the structure above?
3. What questions do you have?