Cantor Sandy Horowitz 
Hello world! – Modim
Imagine starting each day thinking, “Hello world! Here I am again!” Jewish tradition has a prayer for that: each morning when we wake, the first words on our lips are: מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶֽיךָ, מֶֽלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּםשֶׁהֶחֱזַֽרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ “I am thankful before You, living and enduring Source of all life; You have …