Mas'as Kappai On Tefillah Vol. 9

Volume 9 of Mas'as Kappai on Tefillah - 200 hardcover pages of what ArtScroll describes as "enlightening comments on the daily, Sabbath and Festival services," from Rabbi David Cohen.

The 6.00 x 9.00 inch trim is the standard for this series, so a shelf of them lines up evenly, and a single volume slots into a run without looking like an afterthought. Two hundred pages is a comfortable size: enough to sustain months of use before davening, not so heavy that it stays in the bookcase.

What separates a tefillah commentary from a general hashkafah sefer is the anchor. Every comment is tied to a phrase you are going to say again tomorrow morning, so the learning has somewhere to land immediately. Readers who have trouble sitting down with a sefer often find this format the one that sticks.

It is a reasonable choice for a shul library, where a set of these near the back of the beis midrash gets more use than almost anything else kept there.

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