Directed intention of mind and heart—Kavana—infuses the body of prayer with meaning and passion.  Here is an available resource for your study and growth in Jewish prayer.  These files contain basic Hebrew prayers with Miriam’s translations and Kavana-Intentions for your use online, or to download and print.

            To print Hebrew and English pages facing each other: Print the first Hebrew page by itself.  Then print the following English and Hebrew pages back to back.  Print the last English page by itself.  

            Format:  The Kavana-Intentions are above both the Hebrew prayers and their English counterparts in different script.  The file for the Sh’ma shows where to have in mind and heart various parts of the Ten Commandments in this script: Ten Commandments.  The file with the Chart of the Ten Commandments within the Sh’ma explains how the various commandments relate to the specific parts of the Sh’ma.