Hey Hesh, Been reading your blog for years, biggest fan, love your work, etc, etc…I’ll save the ass kissing for another time. Since you’ve written a bit on the women wearing tefillin crisis that has suddenly hit the frum community…
Tag: kavannah
Kavannah development
Last week was a bad week, you would think that after the rabbis fiery mussar speeches leading up to Chanukah would have stirred the deep recesses of my soul and they kind of did, but unfortunately my guf didn’t respond…
Why on earth does shabbos davening take 3 hours?
People were literally freaking out yesterday, you see, the regular old Modern Orthodox shul in San Francisco ended shabbos morning davening at 11:15 instead of the MO regulation time of 12pm. It seemed that the opinion swayed toward “what’s the…
Does mixed seating at shul really hurt your kavannah?
Originally posted on Dov Bear By Chometz Ben Yayin No. I don’t pray to a cross, and no, I’m not an angry davener. Let me explain. I live on the upper west side. I have for more than ten years.…
The frum satire guide to Shemona Esrei
I have written extensively on the ways people daven, judging them by the ways they pronounce things and the movements they make. Heck, I’ve written and done comedy routine videos on the most skipped parts of davening and why that…