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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 11 Adar - 1) Intention during prayer 2) Halacha should affect daily Avoda
Description: Hayom Yom 11 Adar 1 - Prayers should be heard by Gβd as if....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 traditionΧΦ²Χ©ΦΆΧΧ¨ ΧΦ΅ΧΦΌΧΦΌ Χ©ΦΆΧΧΦ΅ΧΧ ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ’Φ°ΧͺΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦΈΧ€ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧconcerning individuals who do not have the mental ability to concentrate on the kavanos, the mystical concepts to be meditated upon in the course of the prayers,ΧΦ΄Χ€Φ°ΦΌΧ Φ΅Χ ΧΦΆΧ’Φ°ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ¨ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄ΧΧ’ΦΈΧ ΧΧΦΉ ΧΦ΄Χ€Φ°ΦΌΧ Φ΅Χ Χ©ΦΆΧΧΦ΅ΧΧ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ ΧΦ·ΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·Χ€Φ°ΦΌΧ¨ΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ’Φ΅Χͺ ΧΦ·ΧͺΦ°ΦΌΧ€Φ΄ΧΦΈΦΌΧeither 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€Φ΄ΦΌΧΧ§ Χ©ΦΆΧΧΦ°ΦΌΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ ΧΦΌ ΧΦ·ΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧͺIt is sufficient that they have in mind a comprehensive kavanah βΧΦ΄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·ΧΦΈΦΌΧΦΈΧthat their prayers should be heard by Gβd as if [they were recited] with all the kavanos that are set out in the Kabbalistic...