Dear Rabbi Lamm, During this semester, the Student Organization of the Rabbinical Department will be holding several study events dealing with T’fillah. Rabbi Herschel Matt will be continuing a bi-weekly discussion group which began last semester. In addition, we are organizing a series of several speakers who will deal with an aspect of prayer from their own individual point of view. I am writing to you, on behalf of my colleagues, to extend our invitation to you to speak to us on some evening during March, April or May. As a rough guide to our interests and concerns, I would like to suggest the following questions for your consideration. However, you should not feel in any way bound by them. First, can there be a meaningful theology of prayer for contemporary Judaism? Are new forms of prayer necessary? How does this approach and these forms relate to traditional categories of prayer? Let me re-iterate to you that these are merely suggestions. We want you to speak about aspects of prayer which you think are significant. I do hope that you will be able to join us, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely yours, Seymour Rosebloom