Category Archives: Prayer

Walking in this World: The Practical Art of Creativity by Julia Cameron

I’m not home much these days. I spend most of my spare time in Norwalk, dropping off a friend to work at 6:30 am and then waiting until 3pm when he’s ready to go to his doctor appointments. By 6:40 … Continue reading

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Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?

I’ve heard thousands of stories about the power of prayer to effect divine intervention into your life, but how come there are no cases of prayer causing God to help an amputee grow a limb? We have no evidence of … Continue reading

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How To Daven Without Bothering Others

Nachum Lamm posts: Keep it to yourself. Don’t enthusiastically yell out parts of tefillah, say something along with the Chazan (outside of singing) and so on. People should hear the chazzan (or ba’al koreh) and no one else. And yes, … Continue reading

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What If Sanskrit Prayers Are The Most Powerful?

I prayed to Jesus Christ for about 20 years and it did jack for me. I was still a virgin. The Dallas Cowboys did not win a superbowl after 1978 until 1992. I was alone. I was deformed morally and … Continue reading

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‘Want Some X?’

I’ve just finished my Mussaf Amidah. I’m standing around looking for a good time. A friend comes up to me and says, "Want some X?" "What?" "Want some X?" "Huh?" He gives me a tract called "Ecstasy for the Soul: … Continue reading

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