S'fatai Tiftah: Mastery & Meaning is a three-volume series designed to teach prayer mastery and meaning. The three volumes take students through the major sections of a Shabbat morning service-from Barekhu through the concluding prayers. S'fatai Tiftah has been designed to teach prayer mastery and meaning and to enable students to successfully achieve four major goals:to perform basic prayers. to develop a generalized understanding. to explore personal meaning. to understand how Hebrew is constructed. Each prayer has:An introduction that sets the prayer's theme and locates it in the service. A drill text and translation that is a source for the unit. Key roots that build a language connection. Practice sounding out keywords and phrases to help build fluency. The opportunity to translate a short portion of the prayer builds a further language connection. A story that offers an insight into the prayer's spiritual meaning.