Daily Jewish Prayers: Complete Prayer Guide

An organized guide to the daily Jewish prayers in the Sephardi/Edot HaMizrach tradition: Shacharit, Mincha, Arvit, and the Bedtime Shema. Each prayer is divided into linked liturgical units; use the Next link at the end of each part.

Reading note: pronounce יהוה as “Adonai” once. Seasonal alternatives apply only in their proper season and are not recited together. Headings and directions are explanatory and are not part of the recited text.

Shacharit — Morning Prayer

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Morning Blessings and Preparation
Offerings and Incense
Hodu and Psalms 30 and 67
Pesukei DeZimra
Blessings of the Shema and the Shema
Weekday Amidah
Vidui and Tachanun
Uva LeTzion
Beit Yaakov and A Prayer of David
Song of the Day
Kaveh
Aleinu

Mincha — Afternoon Prayer

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Opening, Offerings, and Ashrei
Weekday Amidah
Vidui, Tachanun, and Psalm 67
Aleinu

Arvit — Evening Prayer

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Opening and Evening Blessings
The Shema and Its Blessings
Weekday Amidah
Aleinu

Bedtime Shema

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Preparation and HaMapil
The Shema and Its Three Paragraphs
Protective Verses and Psalm 91
Vidui, Ana Bekoach, and Closing Verses

Hebrew base text: Siddur Edot HaMizrach, Torat Emet 357 (Public Domain). English base text: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0), with public-domain JPS 1917 passages and editorial translation where needed.