Tefillin is one of my favorite mitzvot of the whole 613 mitzvot. It is one of action, of doing, of experience. Tefillin is technically the plural form (the singular being "tefillah"), it is loosely used as a singular as well. I do encourage all Jews, benei Anusim to get a pair of Tefillin and get going with this wonderful mitzva. Here is a wonderful article that speaks about this wonderful mitzva (commandment). Tefillin are not amulets. They are "attachments" to the body and serve to distinguish Jews as people who keep God’s precepts constantly in mind. What They Are Tefillin are the cube-shaped black leather boxes, containing four scriptural passages, attached to the head and arm and worn during the morning prayers. It is purely coincidental that the word tefillin so closely resembles the word for prayer, tefillah, since, although eventually the tefillin were only worn for the [...]
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"If the essence of proper hitbodedut is seeking what HaShem wants from us, then improper hitbodedut is the opposite, when one fails to seek HaShem’s Will during his hitbodedut. Rather, he prays to HaShem to fulfill his own physical and spiritual desires, and this is contrary to HaShem’s Will. He actually asks HaShem to help them do ...
Recientemente hable con una amiga que estaba atravesando una difícil situación. Le pregunté si lo había discutido con El Eterno. Ella me miró intrigada y confundida, "No exactamente… es decir, no directamente". De alguna manera no le parecía apropiado molestar a al Eterno con la trivialidad ...
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