Rather than looking at the highest levels of mystical prayer, we try to explore what is it that differentiates a human prayer from a mechanical one. The idea of kavvanah, mental focus or attunement, seems to be key to understanding what it is to be human at all!

* You can find the sourcesheet with all the texts here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/332675?editor=1​

* A project of 58th Century Judaisms: https://www.58thcentury.world/

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