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The Modern Orthodox Get A New Prayerbook

Yoel Finkelman writes in First Things: The prayer book includes a prayer for the State of Israel, not as an afterthought or a way to sell more books, but because this siddur celebrates Zionism. Where Artscroll’s commentary cites only those … Continue reading

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Stopping By 613 Mitzvah Store On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon

Modern Orthodoxy is in decline, even in Pico-Robertson. I walked the length and breadth of Pico Bvd this afternoon and could not find an RCA version of the Artscroll Siddur (prayer book). I had to order one. I bought some … Continue reading

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Spiritual Education According to the Kabbalah: The Inner Voice of Rav Kook

By Aryeh Ben David "The perpetual prayer of the soul continually tries to emerge from its latent state to become revealed and actualized, to permeate every fiber of life of the entire universe . . . Sudden spiritual clarity comes … Continue reading

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Creating A Relationship With God

Over Shabbat, I read a good book The Godfile: 10 Approaches to Personalizing Prayer by Aryeh Ben David. He writes on page nine: Many of us walk into a synagogue with the expectation that a spiritual experience will descend upon … Continue reading

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