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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
Posted in Modern Orthodox
Tagged Artscroll, franz rosenzweig, jewish liturgy, jewish philosopher, prayer book, prayer for the state of israel
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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
Posted in Personal
Tagged artscroll siddur, eagle eye, holy books, Orthodoxy, prayer book, sunny sunday afternoon
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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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Tagged aryeh, bouts, depression, emptiness, inner voice, intuition, Kabbalah, latent state, lightning bolt, lightning bolts, mystical secrets, perpetual prayer, prayer book, prayer of the soul, rav kook, spiritual clarity, spiritual education, sudden clarity, uniqueness, voice of the soul
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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
Posted in Aryeh Ben David, Prayer
Tagged aryeh, distractions, expectation, prayer book, prayerbook, relationship with god, shabbat, spiritual connection, spiritual experience, spiritual feelings, Synagogue, Truth
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