Asara Bteves Vayigash: Pleasures Prayers & Karate
Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Pleasure Prayer & Karate Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom Candle Lighting December 25 - 10 Teves New York Metro 4:13pm Before the Chassidic movement, many Torah scholars felt that prayer was just a religious duty and obligation. They rushed the prayers so not to loose time of Torah study. They preferred the pleasure of exploring the wisdom of the Talmud then the “boredom” of prayer. The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Chassidic teachings revolutionized prayer. It empowers even a non-scholar to experience the joy and sweetness of the relationship between the Jew and our Father in Heaven. We can feel it in our heart primarily during prayer. The Talmud describes prayer as “the work and service of the heart”. A tanner takes the skin of a cow, cleans it, removes the undesired elements and transforms it into a beautiful fine leather. The work of the tanner enables us to write on the newly refined parchment, a Torah, a Mezuzah and Tef...