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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 11 Adar 1 - Prayers should be heard by Gβd as if....
Description: ΧΦΈΧΧΦΌΧ’Φ· ΧΦΌΧΦ°Χ§ΧΦΌΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ΄Χ Φ°ΧΦ·Χ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΉΧͺ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦ΄ΧͺΦ°Χ€Φ΄ΧΦΌΦΈΧThere is a well-known tradition ΧΦ²Χ©ΧΦΆΧ¨ ΧΦ΅ΧΦΌΧΦΌ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦ΅ΧΧ ΧΦΌΦ·Χ’Φ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΈΧ€ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΅Χconcerning individuals who do not have the mental ability to concentrate on theΒ kavanos,Β the mystical concepts to be meditated upon in the course of the prayers, ΧΦ΄Χ€ΦΌΦ°Χ Φ΅Χ ΧΦΆΧ’Φ°ΧΦΌΦ΅Χ¨ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄ΧΧ’ΦΈΧ ΧΧΦΉ ΧΦ΄Χ€ΦΌΦ°Χ Φ΅Χ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦ΅ΧΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·Χ€ΦΌΦ°Χ¨ΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ΅Χͺ ΧΦ·ΧͺΦΌΦ°Χ€Φ΄ΧΦΌΦΈΧeither because they are not familiar with them, or because they cannot recall the specific concepts at the appropriate points in the course of the prayers: ΧΦ·Χ‘Φ°Χ€ΦΌΦ΄ΧΧ§ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ°Χ ΧΦΌ ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧͺIt is sufficient that they have in mind a comprehensiveΒ kavanahΒ β ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧͺ ΧͺΦ°ΦΌΧ€Φ΄ΧΦΈΦΌΧͺΧΦΉ Χ Φ΄Χ©Φ°ΧΧΦ·Χ’Φ·Χͺ ΧΦ°Χ€ΦΈΧ ΦΈΧΧ ΧΦ΄ΧͺΦ°ΧΦΈΦΌΧ¨Φ΅ΧΦ° Χ’Φ΄Χ ΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ·ΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ¨ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ‘Φ΄Χ€Φ°Χ¨Φ΅Χ Χ§Φ·ΧΦΈΦΌΧΦΈΧ.that their prayers should be heard byΒ GβdΒ as if [they were recited] with all theΒ kavanosΒ that are set out in the Kabbalistic texts.Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English