P E N I M A H · T U R N I N G I N W A R D | SESSION THREE Cheshbon HaNefesh חֶשְּבוֹן הַנֶּפשׁ · Accounting of the Soul- Eight Chapter of Duties of the Heart Rabbeinu Bahia Ibn Pakuda · Study Sheet for Penimah Session 3 Hitbodedut — Being … Continue reading Hitbodedut — Being Alone with God
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Online sessions
Penimah — Turning Inward A Monthly Online Session in Jewish Contemplative Learning Each month, Penimah brings together a small community online for one hour of study and practice drawn from the great masters of Jewish spiritual thought. The word penimah — פְּנִימָה — means inward. That is the direction of every session. The format is … Continue reading Online sessions
Meditation before prayer
“The early pietists would wait one hour and then pray”— a discipline essential for the prayer leaderThe Talmud teaches:חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִים שָׁעָה אַחַת וּמִתְפַּלְּלִים“The early pietists would pause for one hour and then pray.”(Talmud Bavli, Berakhot 30b)This teaching is not a romantic description of spiritual elites, but a foundational principle of Jewish prayer. For … Continue reading Meditation before prayer
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