Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 19 and 20, suggest that nothing we do really has any meaning unless we do it explicitly, intentionally, and mindfully. The late Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has a few moving thoughts about this very question, reminding us that life is about much more than happenstance. How does prayer give life meaning? Listen and find out.

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