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The history, source, and meaning of blessing and prayers part 1
0:00 Class 001 Introduction Part 01
5:18 The prayer book captures the Jewish heart
5:55 Where do we learn the Mitzvah of praying? The service of the heart.
6:33 Why is praying so central? and why is this called the-service of G-d? Does G-d need our service?
14:39 Maimonides (RAMBAM) says that prayer without intent is not even A prayer (not even a body without a soul). The two-level of intent during prayer.
18:29 What was prayer like in the first 1,000 years of Judaism after the exudes from Egypt? When was prayers formulated and why?
21:57 Why we pray? Why three times a day? Why the prayers are lengthy? The Talmud gives two explanations for it.
