Dovid'l Weinberg: The Song of Prayer [Prayer & Humanity 2/5]

This episode is sponsored in memory of Rabbi Eliezer Skaist, HaRav Eliezer Daniel ben HaRav Eliyahu Dovid A"H, by his family.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dovid'l Weinberg—a rabbi, educator, musician, poet, and author—about the wide range of modes and levels of prayer.Rav Dovid’l speaks with us about how prayer can be our bridge between our lonely place in the world and God’s omnipresence. In this episode we discuss:What is the relationship between Creation and prayer?How does communication between people relate to our communication with the Divine?If it often doesn’t seem to affect very much, why does prayer matter?Tune in to hear a conversation about how finite humans seek to speak with an infinite God.Interview begins at 10:24.Rav Dovid'l Weinberg is an educator, musician, poet, and author. Rav Dovid’l teaches as a Ra’am in Yeshivat Orayta; is the Rosh Kollel of Camp HASC's Kollel Toras Chesed; is a co-founder of The Mishna Project, an educational tool which aids the memorization of mishnayos through music; played guitar for the band Omek Hadavar; and writes his own music. He is the author of Birth of the Spoken Word: Personal Prayer as the Goal of Creation and the recently published Reflections on Oros HaTorah.References:“Only You” by Dovid'l Weinberg The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. SoloveitchikBirth of the Spoken Word: Personal Prayer as the Goal of Creation by Dovid'l Weinberg. Pirkei AvotGenesisChiddushei Rabbeinu Chaim Halevi Gilyonos Chazon Ish by Chaim Brisker and Chazon IshHalakhic Man by Joseph B. SoloveitchikWorship of the Heart: Essays on Jewish Prayer by Joseph B. SoloveitchikRav Schwab on Prayer by Shimon SchwabSiddur Tehillat HashemSichot HaRan by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Have-Be-Bloomsbury-Revelations/dp/178093680X"...