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What are you thinking of while your praying? #motivation #inspirationalvideos

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Rabbi Alon Anava

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Let me ask the men. Men, women might not relate. When you pray Shacharit and the tallit is on your head, are you thinking of Hashem 100% of the time? No. You're thinking of a million one other things. I'm one of them, too. Don't think that I'm like the Baal Shem Tov. I also have thoughts while I pray. I also, you know what they say, the best business ideas come to you while you're praying Shemoneh Esrei. I heard a joke that if you want to find a object that you lost, go pray Shemoneh Esrei. Right away, you'll remember where it is. You won't pray Shemoneh Esrei. Shemoneh Esrei is the prayer that we have to pray morning, afternoon, and evening. That's a joke, of course. Ah, you want to find what you lost, go pray Shemoneh Esrei. Suddenly, you'll be focused on everything else but the prayer. You don't have to raise your hands. You have thoughts throughout your Shacharit, Mincha, and Maariv. Toda Raba. What are you pretending? I also have the same thing. And I go to the mikvah sometimes twice a day. And I eat kosher. And and and and and and I will still have thoughts when I pray. You know how hard I focus on not to have the thoughts? But I have thoughts, too, like you.