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Part of your question asked: How much focus is given to preaching, the Torah, the other scriptures, the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Midrash (Forgive me again, I'm using these words without knowin …

I don't recall the phrase - רבונו של עולם - (loose meaning- "Master of the world") mentioned in Tana"ch. I think it first appears in the Mishnah or Gemarra. It is a common phrase in prayers. When …

This verse, which is part of our daily prayers comes from Psalm 20 verse 10. It is said in several places throughout our prayers. (If you include the full recitation of Psalm 20, which is occasionally …

There seems to be a consistency in tefillah (prayer) that the attributes חן וחסד ורחמים - (my translation) "grace, kindness and mercy" - appear specifically in this order. Five samples that I can thin …

An extension of what you refer to is the Shome'ah K'oneh (One who listens is considered as if he answered.) principle. This is mentioned in Bab. Talmud Succah 38b. It is generally suggested that a pe …

The Birnbaum Siddur Ashkenaz has it right after the weekday Shacharit. The siddur is out of print, but you may be able to obtain a copy via Amazon, eBay and some Judaica stores. It seems that many Con …

Mishnah Brurah Orach Chaim ch. 98 delves into a somewhat detailed discussion of the type of kavanah required. Basically, he emphasizes 2 principles: To concentrate on the meaning of the words To ima …

I have seen the 2nd version in Chabad and a few other Nusach Sefard texts. From what I have heard from a few sources - Chabad people as well as several of my rebbei'm, there is some objection to attr …

The Psalm of the day is said as part of davening and is unconnected to any recitation of Tehillim that you may decide to do otherwise. There are other Tehillim besides Ashrei that are repeated, BTW. …

The prayer we know as Ashrei contains primarily Psalm 145 which is written using the Aleph-Bet acrostic (missing the letter Nun). Psalm 145 starts with the words "Psalm to David". IIRC, Talmud Brachot …

See pp. 159 - 160 of this book. He states that R. Isaac Luria instituted the threefold repetition.

Regarding the 1st bracha, Chonen Hada'at, see answers to this question. The focus and title of the question is different, but I think the answers, there, address your question. If not, please inform m …

Talmud Brachot mentions some of the duties of the shali'ach tzibur in terms of some of his halachic responsibilities during prayer. But, I haven't been able to locate anything in the Talmud that expla …

Tanac"h mentions several examples where prayer was an effective means of asking forgiveness. One example: Deuteronomy 9:20 (Sefaria English translation): וּֽבְאַהֲרֹ֗ן הִתְאַנַּ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה מְאֹ֖ד לְה …

Following Shacharit Shemonah Esreh, during Shabbat Mincha, and after the Amidah on Motza'ei Shabbat, קדושה דסדרא also called, ובא לציון is said. The beginning contains 3 verses, 2 of which are part of …