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Which Way Do We Daven in America? East or Northeast Toward Yerushalayim

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Rabbi Shay Tahan

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  1. 0:00Yesterday we spoke about intending your heart and facing towards the Mizrach. That's how you send…
  2. 1:01Where in America should you should you face? Where do you make the Mizrach? Where do…
  3. 2:0296° on the compass. And then there's another opinion from uh Rabbi Yechiel Zilber. He wrote…
  4. 3:06a curve. It goes towards Canada, right? Why is it going towards Canada? Canada is is…
  5. 4:38>> So comes out interesting, right? If you praying towards this this way. >> This way…
  6. 5:39inside the capital is if you pray towards the the is definitely on the west over…
  7. 6:40you're losing a lot of seats. >> Right. >> People are not going to you you're…
  8. 8:12towards uh the south, right? So, what what do you do? What do you do? So,…
  9. 9:14needs to turn his body to the right direction. If it's hard for him, it's very…
  10. 10:17The way the earth is, right? And then the shortest way to get to Eretz Yisrael,…

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