English 101, Prayer at its finest!

jewish meditation hibodidus jewish meditation hibodidus jewish meditation hibodidus jewish meditation hibodidus jewish meditation hibodidus jewish meditation hibodidus Long ago the Great Assembly instituted the prayers in our siddur. Why? What were we doing before? How did we pray? THE ANSWERS on how to re-institute this high madrega of tefilla into our lives. The Great Assembly got together the siddur because our tefilos where no longer strong enough. We needed guidelines, a little help. But were we to abolish the practice of old.
Now I will explain to you what Hisbodidus meditation is. A person is to speak quietly from their heart in their own words to Hashem. It was David Hamelech's practice to do much hisbodidus. In fact the sefer Tehillim(psalms) is all hisbodidus. Dovid Hamelech is crying, pleading to Hashem Yisborach. Asking for salvation, strength etc.. I will give you an example. For starters, I ask of you to sit in a quiet place and try this for yourself. Hashem Yisborach, how can I adequately thank you for creating me as a Jew. So many mitzvos you have kindly given to me. I am nothing compared to you, but yet, you sustain me & take care of my every need. Hashem, I feel so far from you. This pains me so. It's my fault, I stumble into sin. Please bring me back to you. I feel so far away. Help me do teshuva(repentance) & never again slip away to wrong-doings. One goes to the next topic on their minds. Its very much meditation, because one is going with the thoughts that come to mind. This method is very deep, very holy. One should also go from midah (character trait) to midah. It's also good to begin with praise for Hashem & end that way. For instance, in mincha we start with Ashrei & end with Aleynu. Praising Hashem before & after. Also showing that we don't want to take leave of him.

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SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HISBODIDUS.? If all the Internet was full of open megabyte space, I still would not have room to tell over the benefits of Hisbodidus. Well, I have done enough speaking, lets hear what the masters of Hisbodidus say. Lets remember though, this practice didn't just start 200years ago. It all came forth again with the Baal Shem Tov. His whole being was Hisbodidus. He grew up in the forests, an orphan, after his fathers passing. Papa Baal Shem Tov's last words to his son were, "NEVER FORGET, HASHEM IS ALWAYS WITH YOU." With this, he constantly spoke to Hashem thereafter. We can contribute most of the work of bringing this concept alive again to R. Nachman. He is considered among many to be one of the greatest Rebbes to ever serve Hashem Yisborach.

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