Category: Tefillah

Kavanah Training

ולירושלים עירךAND TO YERUSHALAYIM YOUR CITY

ותשכון בתוכהAND YOU SHALL DWELL IN ITS MIDST

תשובYOU SHALL RETURN

ברחמיםWITH MERCY

ולירושלים עירךAND TO YERUSHALAYIM YOUR CITY

The Gemara says “כל הקובע מקום לתפילתו, אלקי אברהם בעזרו”(“Kol Hakove’a Makom L’tfilaso, Elokei Avraham B’ezro”), “Anyone who makes for himself a set place for his tefillah, the G-d of Avraham will be his aid“ (Brachos 6b). When one invests in prayer in a certain place, that place becomes associated with the thoughts and feelings that…

ושים חלקנו עמהםAND SET OUR LOT WITH THEM

ברוך אתה ה’ משען ומבטח לצדיקיםBLESSED ARE YOU HASHEM, THE SUPPORT AND TRUST FOR THE RIGHTEOUS

ולא נבוש כי בך בטחנוAND WE SHOULD NOT BE SHAMED FOR WE TRUST IN YOU