Showing posts with label direction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label direction. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Orientation During Prayer
Here is an awesomely long article by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde posted on TorahMusings.com about the history and meaning behind the direction we daven. The article is long but is quality reading.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Which Way to Pray
A great post was published yesterday on TorahMusing.com by Gil Student titled Pray This Way - I not only encourage you to read this short musing on the direction of our synagogues but to check out the 34 (so far) comments that are 'trending' on the article.
The easy way out for someone unsure about the proper direction is to "direct one's heart" towards the Creator and/or Jerusalem - but what I think the author raises are greater questions about design, tradition, and meaningfulness that cannot be taken for granted upon entering any synagogue. Now with compass apps for your phones, it is easier than ever to be certain. What is the cost for questioning assumptions and traditions? In my humble opinion, it is the method of not making your tefilla 'keva' - regular or fixed.
The easy way out for someone unsure about the proper direction is to "direct one's heart" towards the Creator and/or Jerusalem - but what I think the author raises are greater questions about design, tradition, and meaningfulness that cannot be taken for granted upon entering any synagogue. Now with compass apps for your phones, it is easier than ever to be certain. What is the cost for questioning assumptions and traditions? In my humble opinion, it is the method of not making your tefilla 'keva' - regular or fixed.
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