AGE:  
Contest participants must be at least 13 years old and no older than 19 years old, and must be a current member of NCSY.


Earning Points:
There are seven ways to earn points for the contest – see details after list below: 
1)  For learning the ‘Praying With Fire’ “daily lesson” :  20 points per day;
2)  For reading weekly newsletter:  25 points per week;
3)  For Personal Prayer: 5 Points per Day;
4)  For Davening Shacharit : 10 Points per Day;
5)  For Davening Mincha or Maariv: 5 Points per Day;
6) Kavannah Challenge:  10 Points Per Day for reading one of the 7 challenges; and making that challenge a focus of that day’s davening;
7) NCSY/V’Ani Tefillah teleconference:  50 Points per Teleconference for calling into teleconference.

BONUS POINTS: for LOGGING ON:
For logging  on to the Project Ignite Contest website once a week, from Motzei Shabbat until sundown the next Friday (7 days), participants get 5 points.  Maximum number of points that can be earned from logging on is 65 points (13 weeks x 5 points per week.)

PRAYING WITH FIRE:
For learning the daily lesson in ‘Praying With Fire,’ participants can earn 20 points per day.   Reading done before participant’s region joins the contest cannot count for the contest.  Maximum number of points that can be earned from reading ‘Praying With Fire’ lessons is 1780 points (89 days x 20 points per day).

NOTE:  The contest is open to NCSYers  learning either ‘Praying with Fire’ or ‘Praying with Fire 2.’However, in order to be fair, we are only giving points for 89 days worth of learning, since that is the length of Praying with Fire. Those who are learning Praying with Fire 2 are encouraged to complete the entire book (118 lessons), but will only receive points for up to 89 days.

NEWSLETTER:
  “Praying with Passion” is a weekly email newsletter about the meaning of the prayers.  Participants should read it by the end of Shabbat each week to get 25 points. Maximum number of points from reading PRAYING WITH PASSION newsletters is 325 points (13 weeks x 25 points).

PERSONAL PRAYER:
Participants can earn 5 points for each day that they pray at least once in their own words, outside the standard davening.
Maximum number of points that can be earned from personal prayer is 445 points (89 days x 5 points per day).

DAVENING SHACHARIT : 
Participants can earn 10 points for each day that they daven Shacharit.
Maximum number of points that can be earned from davening shacharit is 890 points (89 days x 10 points per day).

DAVENING MINCHA oR MAARIV: 
Participants can earn 5 points for each day that they daven mincha OR maariv. Maximum number of points that can be earned from davening mincha/maariv is 445 points (89 days x 5 points per day).

KAVANNAH CHALLENGE: 
Participants can earn 10 points for each day that they read one of the  Kavannah Challenges from the Kavannah Challenge pamphlet and make that challenge a focus of that day’s davening.  Participants are allowed to repeat and read the same challenge for as many days as they want – but maximum points that can be earned per day is 10 points.   Maximum number of points that can be earned from reading kavannah challenges is 890 points (89 days x 10 points per day).

TELECONFERENCE: 
At least three times during the duration of the contest, there will be a NCSY/V’Ani Tefillah Foundation teleconference with the author of Praying With Fire, Rabbi Heshy Kleinman.  For participating in the teleconference, participants get 50 points.  Maximum number of points that can be earned by participating in teleconferences is 150 points (50 points x 3 teleconferences.)

ENTERING POINTS AT SITE:
All points earned must be entered at Project Ignite contest website and participant must press “submit” for each category of points, for points to count.  Points entered on “My Points” card will not count for the contest.  The “My Points’ card is just a convenience to keep track of points until they can be entered at site.

DEADLINES FOR ENTERING POINTS:
Contest will end at the end of the current NCSY programming year, all points must be entered by that date.
Exact end date to be announced.

Questions regarding contest rules may be sent to info@prayingwithfire.org.