{
  "url": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/sections/prayer-liturgy.json",
  "path": "/sections/prayer-liturgy",
  "format": "json",
  "type": "section",
  "title": "Prayer & Liturgy",
  "summary": "The siddur, the services, and how Jews speak to God",
  "breadcrumbs": [
    {
      "title": "The New Jew",
      "href": "/index.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Prayer & Liturgy",
      "href": "/sections/prayer-liturgy.json"
    }
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "html": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/sections/prayer-liturgy",
    "json": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/sections/prayer-liturgy.json",
    "xml": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/sections/prayer-liturgy.xml"
  },
  "data": {
    "section": {
      "id": 17,
      "slug": "prayer-liturgy",
      "title": "Prayer & Liturgy",
      "subtitle": "The siddur, the services, and how Jews speak to God",
      "description": null,
      "logoStyle": "serif",
      "fontName": "Newsreader"
    },
    "stories": [
      {
        "articleSlug": "where-to-start-your-first-siddur",
        "title": "Your First Siddur",
        "dek": "A siddur is the New Jew’s most-used Jewish book. Buy one with English translation, transliteration, and clear instructions.",
        "href": "/articles/where-to-start-your-first-siddur.json",
        "author": "The Editors",
        "level": "orientation",
        "imageUrl": "https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/your-first-siddur-crop-mt6dnbwr-ebb9a9d2-thumb.png",
        "imageTitle": "Your First Siddur",
        "lead": true,
        "image": true
      },
      {
        "articleSlug": "essentials-essential-prayers-the-shema",
        "title": "The Shema",
        "dek": "The central declaration of Jewish faith — recited twice daily and at the moment of death.",
        "href": "/articles/essentials-essential-prayers-the-shema.json",
        "author": "The Editors",
        "level": "essential",
        "imageUrl": "https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/the-shema-crop-mubs5230-5f028848-thumb.png",
        "imageTitle": "The Shema"
      },
      {
        "articleSlug": "essentials-essential-prayers-the-amidah-shemoneh-esrei",
        "title": "The Amidah (Shemoneh Esrei)",
        "dek": "The central prayer of every service — eighteen (now nineteen) benedictions said standing, silently, facing Jerusalem.",
        "href": "/articles/essentials-essential-prayers-the-amidah-shemoneh-esrei.json",
        "author": "The Editors",
        "level": "essential",
        "imageUrl": "https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/the-amidah-shemoneh-esrei-crop-mubs5d0j-6e057ae1-thumb.png",
        "imageTitle": "The Amidah (Shemoneh Esrei)"
      },
      {
        "articleSlug": "essentials-essential-prayers-morning-blessings-birkot-hashachar",
        "title": "Morning Blessings (Birkot HaShachar)",
        "dek": "The blessings on first arising — gratitude for the body, the soul, the senses, and the day.",
        "href": "/articles/essentials-essential-prayers-morning-blessings-birkot-hashachar.json",
        "author": "The Editors",
        "level": "essential",
        "imageUrl": "https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/morning-blessings-birkot-hashachar-crop-mubs61jm-2617c11c-thumb.png",
        "imageTitle": "Morning Blessings (Birkot HaShachar)"
      },
      {
        "articleSlug": "going-deeper-deeper-prayers-birkat-hamazon-the-grace-after-meals",
        "title": "Birkat Hamazon: The Grace After Meals",
        "dek": "The only prayer commanded explicitly in the Torah — a substantial blessing of God for food, land, Jerusalem, and the goodness of creation.",
        "href": "/articles/going-deeper-deeper-prayers-birkat-hamazon-the-grace-after-meals.json",
        "author": "The Editors",
        "level": "deeper"
      }
    ]
  }
}