#632: Modim Derabanan (Part 2)

is responsible by the saka family and by for begun. We explained why is it called if the rabbis authored the entire amida. Why do we single out this modem? The modem we recite when the says his modem and we explained because it is a conglomerate a composite. The Bose says of the Gmor and the different suggestions by all the rhyme they were combined and integrated into one. It's durab. Why is this the only that we have our own text? We say something while the kazan is repeating the no other braha do we do that we mentioned the famous au because gratitude is not something that we outsource. Gratitude is not something we communicate through others. If the gratitude is sincere and genuine, it is something we insist on saying or sharing or communicating ourselves. So the uh safer uh anili points out if that's the case the first part of the draam everybody knows many people know I know it so it's famous but the first part of the avu is this is the only that we say something together with the because you can't be say gratitude with someone else can't answer what you have to say yourself if that's the case then you can't tune out if the whole point that we have a daban is because you can't rely on someone else to say thank you it means that when you say daban you have to mean That was the point. The other bra you listen preferably with two ears. If you listen with one ear, half a ear, as long as you say a to the but this said it's not enough to listen and say amen to the to the because you can't outsource gratitude. You have to say it. And that might be the reason why many have mod on a placard on the wall. Why not put a bar? There's a whole lot you could put. There's a lot you could put on the wall. Why is so the suggestion is because since it's so important so critical to pay attention to concentrate to mean it when you say it so much so you may be able to be all of concentrating if this is all you concentrated on that it's put up so people notice pay attention and listen. So before we get into the words themselves understanding and translating let's talk about the posture one should have when you say 127 writes when gets tom the community the congregation should bow together with him but not bow excessively don't bow too much what's too little what's too much like the three bears how do you bow just Right? How do you bow enough? So says there's some debate about this too. Does the end the way all do you invoke? Is it shame? And we pin we follow the opinion says without we don't mention Hashem's name just without Hashem. There is an opinion says you bow at the beginning of and you bow at the end for those who are just listening not watching I just demonstrated um and then the continues and that's appropriate don't only bow at the beginning bow at the end as well the jumps in and says beginning is not enough beginning and end of mod is not The says you should bow when you say and maintain. If your back will allow it, if you can then bow and maintain the bent posture, the differential posture, the submissive posture, the message of so grateful. A person when they bow in gratitude. So mod is not our not outsourcing our gratitude but our bowing in gratitude to Hashem. So much so that the Ramas says the is to bow the entire time. There is an opinion that you don't even have to bow at the waist. Some say you should bow actually at the knees and the waist the way we bow in other parts of the but we don't follow that opinion generally. It's the or maybe those who come early for the I know you're learning much more fascinating things right now. The kids says duraban you should bow at the knees and then at the waist but um but the mainstream custom is to bow at the beginning at the waist and then the endorses also bowing at the end. That is the minute of if you ever watch when he's here each year he bows in at the beginning you may not notice it because everyone else is up to something much later by the time he finishes because he means it and he pays attention when he says it. So when he bows at it's often after most people do but he follows that min to bow at the beginning and at the end as well there is an opinion to only bow even your head to not have to bow more than just the head at the beginning of that is the opinion of the and the references it but as I said it's not the mainstream opinion so a lot of different options follow your min or ask your local rabbi what to do how to bow in modem. But the key is to do something that shakes things up to disrupt your wandering mind where your boss towards the end of the barely paying attention to not outsource that gratitude and rely on the kazan but to pay attention ourselves. We'll come back to tomorrow night. We referenced it. What should the do saying everyone else is saying? Is anyone listening or hearing the modim? Should we both say it in competition? Should the say it silently? Should the kazm begin and pause and wait for the seabore and then continue his modem?