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Prayer Tools-Three Weeks-Languages of Exile
“Open your heart to God and tell Him your worries in any language you choose. Since you posse...
Prayer Tools-Kavanot for the Three Weeks-Breslav-Find Your P
A Chasid asked the Breslover, "You taught us that a person should apply every Psalm to himsel...
Prayer Skills: The Three Weeks: Finding the Place to Pray
“Know that God has set apart to Himself the devoted one; God will hear when I call to Him (Ps...

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i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Six

“Who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids. And may it be Your will...”“Sleeping is thick arras or ambsace, like an alcatraz across water.” (Brian Teare, Sight Map: Poems)

i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Five

I received an e-mail this morning asking why I am relying on so many secular sources for this commentary to the Siddur. My intention is for this commentary to be an expression of our prayers in exil...

i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Four

“Who gives sight to the blind.” For us, — whatever's undergone,  Thou knowest, willest what is done,  Grief may be joy misunderstood;  Only the Good discerns the good.  I trust Thee while my days go...

i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Three

An Understanding Heart to distinguish between day and night: “If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure then nine will run into the ditch before they reach you (Calvin Coolidge)....

i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Two

To Toil in Torah: “An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox (Lao-Tzu).” “When you’re at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the n...

i-Thank: Morning Blessings

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av Part 1

How does one pray with joy during the Nine Days and on Tisha B’Av? I offer the following Kavanot for the Morning Blessings for this time of year:

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Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Six
“Who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids. And may it be Your will...”“Slee...
Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Five
I received an e-mail this morning asking why I am relying on so many secular sources for this...
Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Four
“Who gives sight to the blind.” For us, — whatever's undergone,  Thou knowest, willest what i...

Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Three
An Understanding Heart to distinguish between day and night: “If you see ten troubles coming ...
Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av: Part Two
To Toil in Torah: “An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox (Lao-Tzu).” “When you’re at ...
Morning Blessings For the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av Part 1
How does one pray with joy during the Nine Days and on Tisha B’Av? I offer the following Kava...

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i-Sing: Songs of Praise

iSing-Pesukei d’Zimrah-Kavanot for the Three Weeks-Ashrei

In Psalm 145:19, we read, “He will fulfill the desire of them who fear Him.” But we must first express a wise desire, one that reflects Awe of God. Ask yourself, do you offer prayer voicing your des...

i-Sing: Songs of Praise

Pesukei D’Zimrah for the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av 3

Ashrei: Singing to Heal: Singing so We Can Sing More: “Now the spirit of God had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from God tormented him. Saul's attendants said to him, "See, an evil spirit fr...

i-Sing: Songs of Praise

Pesukei D’Zimrah for the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av 1

Hodu: Travels With The Ark 1) The

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iSing-Pesukei d’Zimrah-Kavanot for the Three Weeks-Ashrei
In Psalm 145:19, we read, “He will fulfill the desire of them who fear Him.” But we must firs...
Pesukei D’Zimrah for the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av 3
Ashrei: Singing to Heal: Singing so We Can Sing More: “Now the spirit of God had departed fro...
Pesukei D’Zimrah for the Nine Days & Tisha B’Av 1
Hodu: Travels With The Ark 1) The ...

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i-Love: Shema

i-Love-Shema-Kavanot-Three-Weeks-Satisfied-With-Us

In Tanna d'Bei Eliyahu Zuta 2, God's qualities are enumerated. One quality is satisfaction with His lot. We are taught that Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin asked his rebbi, the Vilna Gaon the meaning of thi...

i-Love: Shema

Shema: The Three Weeks: Mitzvah Planters

Posted in honor of M.S. a true Mitzvah Planter: “God does mighty deeds. He does things entirely new, plants the seeds of Tzedakot, good and just acts, thereby causing Yeshu’ot, awesome life-saving a...

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i-Love-Shema-Kavanot-Three-Weeks-Satisfied-With-Us
In Tanna d'Bei Eliyahu Zuta 2, God's qualities are enumerated. One quality is satisfaction wi...
Shema: The Three Weeks: Mitzvah Planters
Posted in honor of M.S. a true Mitzvah Planter: “God does mighty deeds. He does things entire...

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i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-Eternal Experiences

“And Malkitzedek, King of Shalem (Genesis 14:18),” Malkitzedek, who was Shem the son of Noach, named the place Shalem. Avraham, however, called the place, “Hashem yireh (See Genesis 22:14). Therefor...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Kibutz Galuyot-Gathered in Honor

“Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the banner to gather our exiles and speedily gather us together from the four corners of the earth to our Land.” The opposite of being gathered in a be...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-A Torch

Rabbi Hoshiah said: Jerusalem is destined to be a lantern for all the nations, and they will all walk by its light (Yalkut Shimoni, Isaiah #499).

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-To Whom Does it Belong

The First Tanna is of opinion that Jerusalem was not apportioned to any of the tribes, while Rabbi Judah was of opinion that it was apportioned to certain of the tribes; and their difference is the ...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-To Live at a Higher Level

On one occasion a man read in the presence of Rabbi Elazar, “Make known to Jerusalem her abominations (Ezekiel 16:2).” Rabbi Elazar said to him, ‘While you are investigating the abominations of Jeru...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim: From Whose View?

When we pray for God to rebuild Jerusalem we are looking back into history, remembering Jerusalem as it was during the time of the First and Second Temples. We are praying for God to restore what on...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Nine Days-Mei Marom: Living With Salvation

“For we hope for Your salvation all the day.” – When a soul is brought forward into its final judgment they ask her, “Did you await salvation?” (Shabbat 31a) The questions is; “Did you

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Nine Days-Ritzei-V'techezena Eineinu

It is one thing to ask God to allow us to witness His return to Zion with our own eyes in the future, when it will actually happen. It is quite another thing to request that God give us a vision of ...

i-Attach: Amidah

i-Attach-Amidah-Kavanot Three Weeks-Jerusalem

Rabbi Yitzchak of Ziditchov said to a Chasid who despairingly told him that the physician of a relative had given up hope for his recovery, “A doctor has the duty of curing his patient, but he is no...

i-Attach: Amidah

iAttach-Amidah-Three Weeks-Abundance

The Ropshitzer was told that his master, the Rimanover, blessed a man, and that the man was becoming richer every day. He inquired why this man deserved to receive a blessing of such magnitude. The ...

i-Attach: Amidah

iAttach-Amidah-Kavanot for the Three Weeks-Demanding of God

On the Eve of Yom Kippur the Berdichever undertook his ritual immersion quite late in the afternoon, explaining his tardiness with the following story: “A woman who is required by the laws of the To...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-The People’s City

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said: We have an aggadic tradition that Jerusalem will not be rebuilt until it is the time for the ingathering of the exiles. And if a person should say that the exiles hav...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-The First Moment of Olam

“Even in Shalem is set His Mishkan, and His dwelling place in Zion (Psalms 76:3).” Rabbi Berechiah taught: At the very beginning of His creation of the earth, the Holy One, Blessed is He, set a Succ...

i-Attach: Amidah

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Rashbi: Yerushalayim: Rest Your Presence

“V’Tishkon b’tocha,” Rest Your Presence in Jerusalem: Rabbi Shimon was one day walking through the gate of Tiberius when he saw some men drawing the bow tight over earthenware pots. He cried: “What!...

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Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-Eternal Experiences
“And Malkitzedek, King of Shalem (Genesis 14:18),” Malkitzedek, who was Shem the son of Noach...
Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Kibutz Galuyot-Gathered in Honor
“Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the banner to gather our exiles and speedily g...
Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-A Torch
Rabbi Hoshiah said: Jerusalem is destined to be a lantern for all the nations, and they will ...

Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-To Whom Does it Belong
The First Tanna is of opinion that Jerusalem was not apportioned to any of the tribes, while ...
Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim-To Live at a Higher Level
On one occasion a man read in the presence of Rabbi Elazar, “Make known to Jerusalem her abom...
Amidah-Three Weeks-Yerushalayim: From Whose View?
When we pray for God to rebuild Jerusalem we are looking back into history, remembering Jerus...

Amidah-Nine Days-Mei Marom: Living With Salvation
“For we hope for Your salvation all the day.” – When a soul is brought forward into its final...
Amidah-Nine Days-Ritzei-V'techezena Eineinu
It is one thing to ask God to allow us to witness His return to Zion with our own eyes in the...
i-Attach-Amidah-Kavanot Three Weeks-Jerusalem
Rabbi Yitzchak of Ziditchov said to a Chasid who despairingly told him that the physician of ...

iAttach-Amidah-Three Weeks-Abundance
The Ropshitzer was told that his master, the Rimanover, blessed a man, and that the man was b...
iAttach-Amidah-Kavanot for the Three Weeks-Demanding of God
On the Eve of Yom Kippur the Berdichever undertook his ritual immersion quite late in the aft...
Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-The People’s City
Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said: We have an aggadic tradition that Jerusalem will not be rebui...

Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Yerushalayim-The First Moment of Olam
“Even in Shalem is set His Mishkan, and His dwelling place in Zion (Psalms 76:3).” Rabbi Bere...
Amidah-Tisha b'Av-Rashbi: Yerushalayim: Rest Your Presence
“V’Tishkon b’tocha,” Rest Your Presence in Jerusalem: Rabbi Shimon was one day walking throug...

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i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Six: Our Story

Ours, is a story that already resonates throughout the world. Less than three years after the Holocaust, we were a nation reborn, fighting for our survival, winning, and building a dynamic country a...

i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Five: Planting Seeds - Collecting Sparks

Rabbi Yosef of Coucy reminds us that we were sent into exile for two purposes: 1) To plant seeds of God’s Light everywhere in the world, to become, “A light unto the nations.” 2) To collect the lost...

i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Four: One Day We Will Look Back

What is our vision for what we will do when we leave this exile? We will look back and realize, just as did King David, that all our struggles in exile served to make us independent and stronger. ...

i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Three: Expecting Blessing

Why do we sing that we are about to begin a new stage in our existence? Why do we declare our commitment to always sing as the Servants of God? Why do we sing of our eternal hope that we will leave ...

i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Two: We Will Leave Again

“It’s why we’re all so fascinated with history. We’re in a rowboat. We move forward, but we’re always looking back (Louise Penny; “Bury Your Dead”). The Jews sang Hallel on Rosh Chodesh Av even as t...

i-Shine: Hallel

Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph One: Aways Your Servants

“And who recited this Hallel? The prophets among them ordained that Israel should recite it at every important epoch and at every misfortune — may it not come upon them! and when they are redeemed t...

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Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Six: Our Story
Ours, is a story that already resonates throughout the world. Less than three years after the...
Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Five: Planting Seeds - Coll
Rabbi Yosef of Coucy reminds us that we were sent into exile for two purposes: 1) To plant se...
Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Four: One Day We Will Look
What is our vision for what we will do when we leave this exile? We will look back and realiz...

Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Three: Expecting Blessing
Why do we sing that we are about to begin a new stage in our existence? Why do we declare our...
Hallel Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph Two: We Will Leave Again
“It’s why we’re all so fascinated with history. We’re in a rowboat. We move forward, but we’r...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Av Paragraph One: Aways Your Servants
“And who recited this Hallel? The prophets among them ordained that Israel should recite it a...

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Written by Machberes Avodas Hashem

The Chatam Sofer said, " We read in Pirkei Avot (3:21), ' Where there is no knowledge there is no understanding.' Knowledge is acquired from a teacher, understanding from a person's own mind. Understanding, however, must be based upon knowledge to be correct. Very seldom are original ideas correct unless the thinker has learned the rules of logic and the laws of derivation formulated by experienced sages.” (Chut ha-Meshulash)

iCelebrate-Tisha b’Av: In the opening Kinah of Tisha b'Av night, we say, “We have become orphans with no father.” We have lost the teachers who can transmit the knowledge necessary for us to use our understanding.

iAttach-Amidah: In the fourth blessing of the Amidah, when we pray for knowledge and understanding, we should insert a prayer for the part of Redemption that will restore our teachers of knowledge so that we will be able to fully use our understanding.

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