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| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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ืืืืื |
Silence |
ืึฐืึธ ืึปืึดืึผึธื ืชึฐืึดืึผึธื ืึฑืึนืึดืื ืึผึฐืฆึดืึผืึนื ืึผืึฐืึธ ืึฐืฉืึปืึผึทื ื ึถืึถืจ: (ืชืืืื ืกื:ื)โ |
To You silence is praise, God in Zion. (Psalms 65.2-3) |
ืึตืื ืขืึนืึฐืึดืื ืึฐืึดืชึฐืคึทึผืึตึผื, ืึถืึธึผื ืึดืชึผืึนืึฐ ืึนึผืึถื ืจึนืืฉื.โ ืึฒืกึดืืึดืื ืึธืจึดืืฉืืึนื ึดืื ืึธืืึผ ืฉืืึนืึดืื ืฉึธืืขึธื ืึทืึทืช โ ืึผืึดืชึฐืคึทึผืึฐืึดืื, ืึฐึผืึตื ืฉึถืืึฐึผืึทืึฐึผื ืึผ ืึถืช ืึดืึธึผื ืึทืึธึผืงืึนื.โ ืึฒืคึดืึผืึผ ืึทืึถึผืึถืึฐ ืฉืืึนืึตื ืึดึผืฉึฐืืืึนืืึน โ ืึนื ืึฐืฉึดืืืึถื ึผืึผ;โ ืึทืึฒืคึดืึผืึผ ื ึธืึธืฉื ืึธึผืจืึผืึฐ ืขึทื ืขึฒืงึตืืึน โ ืึนื ืึทืคึฐืกึดืืง:โ (ืืฉื ื ืืจืืืช ืืณ ื) |
One should not stand up le-hitpalel to pray unless they are in a serious frame of mind. The first แธคasidim would wait one hour before praying in order she-yikhavnu to direct their hearts to their father in heaven. Even if the king asks about his well-being he would not respond. Even if a snake coils around his heel he would not stop. (Mishnah Berachot 5.1) |
Forget for one hour all torot/ideologies and opinions, even our own Torah. Forget everything you ever read or heard, even forget what I said. Dispel from within anything that comes from without. Be alone with yourself and with nature. Pay attention to whatโs happening in the depths of your neshamah. Listen to what your pure โselfโ is saying to you. Then I wonโt have to speak a lotโฆfor then we will be of one heart, even if we disagree on some point. We wonโt have to travel on the same path to be near one another. Everyone going on their own path, not a small path. The stars in heaven are not bound to one another by ropes or cables, yet the bonds between them are stronger than any actual ropes or cables in the world. โA.D. Gordon | |
ื ืฉืื-ื ืฉืืื |
Breath-Spirit |
ืึทืึผึดืืฆึถืจ ืืณ ืึฑืึนืึดืื ืึถืช ืึธืึธืึธื ืขึธืคึธืจ ืึดื ืึธืึฒืึธืึธื ืึทืึผึดืคึผึทื ืึผึฐืึทืคึผึธืื ื ึดืฉืึฐืึทืช ืึทืึผึดืื ืึทืึฐืึดื ืึธืึธืึธื ืึฐื ึถืคึถืฉื ืึทืึผึธื: (ืืจืืฉืืช ื:ืโ)โ |
Adonai God formed the human from the dust of the earth and He puffed into his nostrils the neshamah of life and he became a living being. (Genesis 2.7) |
ืึผึนื ืึทื ึผึฐืฉืึธืึธื ืชึผึฐืึทืึผึตื ืึธืึผ ืึทืึฐืืึผึพืึธืึผ : (ืชืืืื ืงื :ื)โ |
Every neshamah breath-spirit praises Yah โ Hallelu-Yah! (Psalms 150.6) |
ืืืืฉื ืฉืืืช ื ืงืจืื ืื: ื ืคืฉ, ืจืื, ื ืฉืื, ืืื, ืืืืื: [โฆ.] ืืื ืืื ืืืชืื (ืืฉืื ื:ืื): โื ืจ ืืณ ื ืฉืืช ืืืโ. ืจืณ ืืืกื ื ืืจืณ ืืื ืืจืณ ืืืื ื ืืฉื ืจืณ ืืืืจ ืืืืจืื: ืื ืฉืื ืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืช ืื ืืืืฃ, ืืืฉืขื ืฉืืื ืืฉื, ืืื ืขืืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืืขืื.โ ืจืณ ืืื ืืฉื ืจืณ ืื ืื ื ืืืืจ: ืขื ืื ื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืฉื ืฆืจืื ืืงืืก ืืืืจืื. ืืื ืืขืื? โืื ืื ืฉืื ืชืืื ืืโ (ืชืืืื ืงื :ื) โ ืึผึนื ืึทื ืฉืืึธื ืชึผึฐืึทืึผึตื ืึธืึผ ืึทืึฐืืึผืึธืึผ.โ (ืืจืืฉืืช ืจืื ืื ื)โ | [โThe lamp of YHVH is the soul of Adam.โ (Proverbs 20:27)] Rebbi Bisnai, Rebbi Acha and Rebbi Yoแธฅanan said in the name of Rebi Meir: The neshamah fills the body. When one sleeps she ascends and draws แธฅayim for it from above. R. Levi said in the name of R. Haninah: With every neshimah that one breathes one should praise the creator. For it says: Kol ha-neshamah[1] Psalms 150 โ which should be understood as kol haneshimah Every breath praise God. (Bereshit Rabah 14.9) |
ื ืืืื |
Music |
ืฉืึดืืจืึผ ืืืณ ืฉืึดืืจ ืึธืึธืฉื (ืืฉืขืืื ืื:ื, ืชืืืื ืื:ื, ืชืืืื ืฆื:ื, ืชืืืื ืฆื:ื, ืชืืืื ืงืื:ื)โ |
Sing a new song to Adonai! (Isaiah 42:10))[2] Also find, Psalms 33, Psalms 66, Psalms 88 and Psalms 149. |
ืชึผึธืื ึธื, ืฉืึดืืจึธื ืึธืฉืึดืืึฐ ืึผึดืจึฐืึธืื ืึตืขึตืืึผึธื ืึฐืชึทืชึผึธื, ืขึทื ืึผึฐืึดืฉืึฐืชึผึทืึผึฐืืึผื ืึผึดืจึฐืึธืื ืึผึฐืึปืึผึฐืืึผ ืขึธืึฐืึดืื. (ืืืจ ืจืื ืืืกื ืืื ืื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืืจ ืฉืืจืชื, ืฉืืืืชื ืฉืืจื ืืืืื ืื ืฉืืจ ืฉืืจืื ืืื ืืื ืืืชืื, (ืืฉืขืื ืื) ืืืืจืชื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืณ ืงืจืื ืืฉืื ืืืืืขื ืืขืืื ืขืืืืืชืื).โ (ืืืืจ ืคืจืฉืช ืืืื, ืืฃ ืจืคืดื ืขืดื)โ |
Song draws blessing from above to below until it is found in all worlds. (Zohar Va-Yelekh) |
ืืืจืื |
Words |
ืึดืึฐืืึผ ืึฐืจึธืฆืึนื ืึดืึฐืจึตื ืคึดื ืึฐืึถืึฐืืึนื ืึดืึผึดื ืึฐืคึธื ึถืืึธ ืืณ ืฆืึผืจึดื ืึฐืึนืึฒืึดื: (ืชืืืื ืื:ืื)โ |
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You Adonai my rock and my redeemer. (Psalms 19:16) |
ืืื ืืขื ืชืื ืื ืื ืืืืื ื, ืืืจืืืช ืืื ืืืื ื.โ (ืฉืืื ืืจืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืืณ ืืณ) |
Better a little supplication with kavvanah than lots of it without kavvanah. (Shulแธฅan Arukh Oraแธฅ แธคayim 1 Seโif 4) |
ืงืืืื |
Community |
Whoever does not include in their heart the pain and hurt of their fellow โ their prayer will go unanswered โ that is why the prayers are in the plural. (Sefer แธคasidim) | |
All the crises that I have endured along the way โ one thing has never broken. I never stopped being a believer. Even in the greatest of my crises the solid ground of my faith never shook. Faith โ labor at its center. Itโs soul- prayer. There is no true singing that isnโt in actuality prayer. During my first week in the land of Israel I stood besides the Western Wall. I stood a few paces away from the Wall, from the stones. I felt like I didnโt belong, like I was part of another reality. Then someone tugged at my sleeve and asked me to be the tenth person to complete their minyan, prayer quorum. I covered my head and joined the minyan. I joined in the afternoon minแธฅah prayer. I had arrived. This is so Jewish, the most uniquely Jewish thing โ to be one of a minyan. To know that nine need the tenth and one needs nine others. This may be the most meaningful thing in Judaism. My prayer is that I should always be one of the group. May my finest words be incorporated into the words recited by the community. Life has no meaning if they are for the individual alone. The individual has meaning only if the individual is connected to community. |
I have added source texts and citations corresponding to Rabbi Kelmanโs translations where I could locate their source. โ Aharon Varady.
Notes
| 1 | Psalms 150 |
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| 2 | Also find, Psalms 33, Psalms 66, Psalms 88 and Psalms 149. |
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ืืืื ื ืขื ืืื ื ืืืืื ื ืขืืื ื ืืืขืฉื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ื ืขืืื ื ืืืขืฉื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืื "May the pleasantness of ืืึนื ื our eloโah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us โ our handiwork, may it be established." โPsalms 90:17
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