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Category Archives: Prayer
Bnai David Rabbi Urges His Congregants To Emulate The Happy Minyan’s Virtues
This summer, the rabbi of congregation B’nai David-Judea, Yosef Kanefsky, took a two month Sabbatical. He stayed in town but davened everywhere but his own shul. His time at the Happy Minyan was particularly moving and he gave a sermon … Continue reading
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Tagged catalina island, chana, nai david, natalie wood, shabbos, shul
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The Secret Prayer Life Of Jews
A man rocked back and forth while reading in shul James Kugel‘s book "How to Read the Bible." "I’m davening to the Documentary Hypothesis," he explains to his friend.
Posted in Prayer
Tagged documentary hypothesis, how to read the bible, James kugel, prayer life, secret prayer
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A Bad Smell
Disconsolate, listless, pathetic davening. For this I converted? I feel like we’re all davening under water. My lips and throat and arms feel heavy. I can barely move. I can’t be bothered to greet anybody and nobody can be bothered … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged bad smell, bloke, davening, poor sense, sense of smell
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Dear Rabbi,
…can we recruit her for our shul’s women’s minyan? She would make a great Chazzanit! And this girl too, please. I’d come for every minyan and I’d daven with kavannah.
Why Should I Be Holier Than The Pope?
I was asked today how I feel about davening. I hate it. Is that the wrong answer? I don’t care for ritualized prayer because it is repetitive. You just say the same words over and over again. That’s no fun. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Prayer
Tagged amen brother, art work, choirs, cold and flu, evil men, germs, great art, holy father, minyan, mountaintop, negro spirituals, obedience, promised land, shabbat, shul, single women, slutty women, spiritual place, what the heck, wrong answer
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