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February 19, 2020

Why Routine Is as Important to Prayer as Concentration

And how it enriches other realms of life.

Since the advent of the smartphone, it has become a cliché to say that ours is an age of distraction. While concern about distracted praying may be as old as prayer itself, perhaps the threat is now greater than ever. Shalom Carmy reflects on the place of focus in the Jewish way of communication with God:

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February 19, 2020

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    Tehran’s weakness is its need to preserve credibility in the eyes of its people.

  2. Syria’s Civil War Is Far from Over, and the U.S. Can Still Affect Its Outcome

    Damascus can’t hold the territory it has taken.

  3. How an American Journalist Accidentally Discovered the Truth about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

    Stabbed by reality.

  4. Why Routine Is as Important to Prayer as Concentration

    And how it enriches other realms of life.

  5. An Ancient Canaanite Temple Sheds Light on Judaism’s Early Competitors

    The “smiting gods” of its holy of holies.