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Category Archives: Prayer
Livin’ on a Prayer
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Do You Pray With Good Use?
Prayer should be easy and joyous. Do your knees hurt during davening? Does your back or neck or shoulders ache? Learn how to pray with poise. God wants you to be straight with him, not all contorted and pulled down. … Continue reading
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Plumbers Crack Wreaks Havoc With My Prayers
So I was at minyan one morning saying my prayers like a good Jew when this bloke walks, sits down in front of me, and exposes massive plumber’s crack. And the bloke wasn’t even a plumber! He just wore his … Continue reading
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Tagged bloke, hairy ass, moral issues, naked man ass, plumber
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The Purpose Of Prayer Is To Elevate The Moment
On his show April 29, 2011, Dennis Prager said: “I am not good at petitionary prayer and rarely make it [on behalf of myself]. I’ve done it maybe twice in my life. I don’t like using God as a celestial … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful music, biological necessity, Dennis Prager, house of worship, jewish life, law of diminishing returns
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Thank G-d For The PDA
Thanks to PDAs like the iPhone and the Blackberry, the pious Jew can now call up his required prayers any time he needs them. He can hold up his PDA and sway back and forth talking to HaShem from the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged drudge report, eicha, electronic prayers, going out of my mind, iphone, lifesaver, minyan, New York Times, Philip Roth
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My Women’s Tehillim Group Meets At The Hovel Tuesday At 8pm
Our Tehillim Group which meets each Tuesday at 8 p.m. prays for Cholim, Shiduchim, & Israel. This Tuesday, October 27th, we have been requested to include the yeshiva boys stranded in dire straits in Japan in our prayers. Please join … Continue reading
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Tagged dire straits, hovel, prayers, tehillim, tuesday october
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Praying For Unbelievers
People, usually secularists, are often asking me to pray for them. Most of the time it just trips off their tongues without much thought. A friend just told me: " So, if you ever say prayers for us wretched unbelievers, … Continue reading
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Tagged empty ritual, prayers, secularists, talking to god, tongues
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Connecting To God
I was just looking at a new book: "Jewish meditation practices for everyday life: awakening your heart, connecting with God" What if these practices actually worked and you did connect to God? I can’t imagine it would be too pleasant. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged fear of god, jewish meditation, life doesn, meditation practices, moderation in all things
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Bored In Shul?
Erica Brown writes for The Jewish Week: Bored in synagogue? Bored in Hebrew school? Bored of the same old brisket?” The High Holy Days are fast approaching, and for many people the thought of spending meaningless, marathon hours in a … Continue reading
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Tagged erica brown, Gary Rosenblatt, high holy days, jewish rituals, jewish survival, poet dylan thomas
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Yoga Mincha
I remember I was at a Friday night dinner and we all went around the table introducing ourselves. This chiropractor introduced himself as "Dr….". Physicians and PhDs at the table did not introduce themselves as "Dr…" I’d never heard anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged davening, jewish retreat center, new element, psalms 150, shabbat morning service, traditional liturgy
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