Q:The rabbi said that in our time, especially in America, we’re so busy with work and other things that we don’t spend enough time in the morning on prayers. Is it better this way – I mean praying without much concentration – or are we better off just not praying at all?
Tag: Kavanah
Rav Avigdor Miller on L’sheim Yichud Kudsha Brich Hu
Q: Why do some people say לשם יחוד קודשא בריך הוא before doing a mitzvah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Unintentional Charity
Q:You said earlier (see yesterday’s Q&A)that one only gets reward for doing a mitzvah if there is intention added to the act. Can you discuss how that fits with what Chazal tell us that if you lose some money and a poor man finds it so you get reward for tzedaka.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Doing Mitzvos Without Intent
Q:Why does a person receive reward in the afterlife for doing mitzvos without any kavanah, without any intention? According to what you said tonight, the reward in the Next World is dependent primarily on a person’s thoughts?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Tefillah B’kavana
Q: What is a good preparation someone could make to achieve tefilla b’kavana?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Friday Night Blessings
Q: When a father is blessing his children on Friday night, what should he have in mind? And also, what should the child who is receiving the blessing have in mind?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Three Minute Prayer Program
Q: The Rav mentioned last week that we should make sure to use our heads, and not only our lips, when we daven. How can one teach himself to daven with more כוונה, better concentration?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Coming to Shul Three Hours Early
Q: In פסוקי דזמרה in the morning, there are so many selections from Tehillim, and the Rav has told us that every word is a gem of ‘דעת ה, awareness of Hashem, and an opportunity for perfection of the mind (see the Rav’s sefer on תפילה, Praise My Soul). But can one really concentrate on…