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The Evolution of Jewish prayer | Moments from the Valley | Rabbi Mordechai Becher

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher

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  1. 0:00And there was no standardized form of prayer as the Rambam very clearly states. You look…
  2. 0:31into every synagogue. Uh uh type of interest, if you look in the collected writings of…
  3. 1:01this this this avodah, all right? Which by the way, the men of the Great Assembly…
  4. 1:32do it. And of course, gemilut chasadim, which we didn't discuss yet, but the mutual communal…
  5. 2:02prayer and a set prayer and that has done a tremendous amount for preservation of the…
  6. 2:33through prayer you even have people and this is a phenomenon that is not new. But…
  7. 3:04people and and keep us intact in that way. >> And would we have benefited would…
  8. 3:34temple era but it was not as necessary first of all. One major difference first temple…
  9. 4:05Right. Thousands of prophets. And and the inspiration that I might get from going to a…
  10. 4:36your soul. So, it was a very different type of situation. You had manifestation of Hashem's…

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