{"id":9414,"date":"2024-04-04T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/?p=9414"},"modified":"2024-04-04T18:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:50:04","slug":"get-your-morning-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/get-your-morning-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Morning Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morning Rituals: Connecting Across Time Zones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With a daughter in Israel, catching up on the day can be challenging. You see, when she\u2019s well into the main part of her day, I\u2019m just starting mine. Often, there will be pre-Shacharit text messages (they actually come in throughout the night) and voice notes about things that occurred to her during the morning and early afternoon. I try to respond when I see them, and then let her know my schedule. Usually, my last text of the morning is something like, \u201cOK, I\u2019m going into shul now, I\u2019ll talk to you later IYH. I love you!\u201d She\u2019ll say, \u201cI love you too,\u201d or something similar. Recently, though, she responded a bit differently and it shook me up. I said, \u201cOK, I\u2019m going into shul now,\u201d and she responded, \u201cEnjoy.\u201d Wait\u2026 what? Enjoy? I\u2019m going to daven. To fulfill my obligations to Hashem by wearing Tefillin and saying tefillot (prayers). Is that something to enjoy? Of course, the right answer is, \u201cAbsolutely!\u201d Davening isn\u2019t an obligation. I mean, technically it is, but more so, it\u2019s an opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding Joy in Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have an obligation to drink wine and eat delicious foods on Shabbos but do we ever look at it like that? Don\u2019t we look forward to the Shabbos meals; to the piping hot chicken soup and savory cholent? To the challah and dips and delicacies we\u2019ve prepared for Shabbos? Certainly we do. The meals are about enjoying ourselves AND it\u2019s a mitzvah, too. Davening should be the same way. It\u2019s a chance to talk to Hashem and tell Him what I\u2019m going through. It\u2019s an opportunity to ask Him for whatever I need, and to simply unload and know that He\u2019s listening. That\u2019s a fabulous gift and we SHOULD enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Siddur: A Gift of Words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> We don\u2019t even have to come up with the right words because the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anshei K\u2019nesses HaGedola<\/a> have done the heavy lifting for us and created a siddur with all the right things to say. The words of Tefilla have all sorts of mystical depth, while having meaning to us as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Davening as an Elevator Ride with the CEO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> When you go to daven, it\u2019s like riding up in the elevator with the CEO of not just your company, but of the whole world. That\u2019s a little hard to imagine, so let\u2019s just say it\u2019s the CEO of your company. That means he\u2019s your boss\u2019s boss, and maybe even your boss\u2019s boss\u2019s boss. That\u2019s pretty up there. Now it\u2019s just you and him, riding to the top, and he\u2019s open to hearing from you. In fact, he got in the elevator because you were there! He is interested in you and your well-being, and he can override the decisions of your boss. If you\u2019ve been asking for a raise and not getting it, now\u2019s the time to ask. You still may not get it, but at least you\u2019ll know it\u2019s for a good reason and your own benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Importance of Experience in Davening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a chance to let the CEO know how devoted you are to the organization by asking for things for coworkers. \u201cI know Daniel could really use a new computer,\u201d or, \u201cI know Daniel is struggling because of problems at home,\u201d are ways of showing concern for others in your company, i.e. your fellow Jews. Since, as we said, the whole world is Hashem\u2019s business, when you daven for others, you\u2019re davening for Hashem\u2019s success too. You want people to praise Him and appreciate Him, and you\u2019re not just thinking of yourself. When you daven, whether at shul, at home, on the train, or anywhere else, you should be relishing the experience. It\u2019s like that Shabbos meal which is chock-full of special items for the day. Tefila should be something you can really sink your teeth into and enjoy. Try to be there early enough that you can fully digest it, and not simply grab something on the go. As my daughter said, \u201cEnjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Davening as our Real Morning Fix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not a fan of people bringing coffee into shul, as I\u2019ve said before. I haven\u2019t found an explicit prohibition, though the great rabbis and scholars I\u2019ve spoken to about it agree it\u2019s not an appropriate behavior. But people do it. For now, we won\u2019t focus on the brachot issues or interruption aspects of it, because I want to bring out another point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button tm-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/sign-up.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Want to learn more about Jewish philosophy? Join TorahMates today to learn Torah from home, with your own study partner!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rabbi Gewirtz (<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishecho.com\/torah-time\/operation-inspiration-\/\">Operation Inspiration<\/a>) welcomes comments and feedback. Write to him at <a href=\"mailto:info@JewishSpeechWriter.com\">info@JewishSpeechWriter.com<\/a> to share your thoughts. 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