tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post8776219877618013698..comments2024-03-20T18:38:31.327-05:00Comments on Havolim: Va'eschanan, Devorim 4:39. Ve'yadata hayom Ve'hasheivosa el Levavecha: The Mind and the Heart.Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-70713635936327649792007-07-27T18:40:00.000-05:002007-07-27T18:40:00.000-05:00David Guttmann-- thank you for the observation. T...David Guttmann-- thank you for the observation. That is an important point that needs to accompany this drasha. You can't just have a be-in. You have to start with deep and thorough rational understanding.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-75747222604521637042007-07-27T09:33:00.000-05:002007-07-27T09:33:00.000-05:00You're right. What does ve'im ruchi gevi'osi mean?...You're right. What does ve'im ruchi gevi'osi mean?<BR/><BR/>It seems to be a machlokes haposhtim, along with whether 'im' is spelled with an aleph or an ayin:<BR/><BR/>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/adon_olam.html<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adon_Olam<BR/><BR/>Funny, though. My father sheyichyeh ahd biyas hamoshiach, a talmid of Slobodkeh in Europe, davens at home. I have to keep him from saying "le'olam" before Baruch She'omar, because he gets to "umosar ha'adam min habe'heima ayin" and he stops and argues with me for a half hour about how that doesn't make any sense, and that it is so wrong it shouldn't be in the siddur.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-3423799140560641502007-07-26T22:49:00.000-05:002007-07-26T22:49:00.000-05:00Here's what I mean: Couldn't make the minyan last...Here's what I mean: Couldn't make the minyan last week, began to daven at home and couldn't get beyond Adon Olam! I was stopped at the end of Adon Olam by the phrase, "V'im ruchi G'viyosi". I probably gave myself 4 or 5 minutes to digest the impact of this statment unimpeded by the need to keep up or gobble "korbonos" as does every minyan I know. A little introspection is infectious.<BR/>mknAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-48078740765397512312007-07-26T19:25:00.000-05:002007-07-26T19:25:00.000-05:00As long as it starts in the head first and becomes...As long as it starts in the head first and becomes an emotion afterwards otherwise we may end up with an egel after matan torah.David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-51542268387453211922007-07-26T18:51:00.000-05:002007-07-26T18:51:00.000-05:00Maybe you're right, that there's an inherent incom...Maybe you're right, that there's an inherent incompatibility between dveikus and the rigid rules and public forum of tefillah betzibbur. But most of need the anchor of duty to keep us from being swept away by the distractions of life.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-74553184147717867722007-07-26T16:22:00.000-05:002007-07-26T16:22:00.000-05:00Somehow I am not surprised that one can be a loyal...Somehow I am not surprised that one can be a loyal adherant of "tfila b'tzibur" and never achieve v'yadata.<BR/>Simply waiting for the shliach tzibur to conclude each "perek",the endless "kadeishim", the repetition of Shmona Esrei, the selection of baalei tfila who cripple the nusach and the dikduk, faking "tachnun"...no one can say it that fast!! I'll take davening b'yechidus every time for continuity, mood and even a little d'veikus.<BR/>mknAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com