The Tefilah Podcast

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This evening (10/5/21 at YBT), after our Tehilim shiur, we took up a question that was asked about tefilah: "What should I do if the personal requests I make in shemoneh esrei feel somewhat childish?" After clarifying and unpacking the question, we suggesteed several answers/approaches which seemed to satisfy the one who asked the question, as well as others in the shiur.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Tonight was our first Tehilim shiur of the 2021-2022 year. Since we only had one 45 minute shiur before we break for Sukkos, we chose a perek that is short and familiar: Tehilim 150, which we say every day in pesukei d'zimra. We analyzed this perek using our usual methods, which we reviewed, and although we had to rush it a bit, I'd say we arrived at 85-95% of a solid explanation. There are definitely questions we didn't answer and ideas we didn't expand upon, but I think we provided enough of a basis to enable YOU to finish what we started.
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מקורות:
תהלים פרק קנ
אבן עזרא - תהלים קנ:א,ה
רד"ק - תהלים קנ:א,ו
רי"ד - תהלים קנ:א
תהלים קמה:ג-ו
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If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version. You  might also be interested in How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life and How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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This week's Torah content has been sponsored by an anonymous donor in gratitude to the YBT community for being so welcoming to the new guys, and to the "old" guys.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html

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In this episode of "5-minute kavanah" (recorded on 9/25/20) we conclude our analysis of the first request we insert in the amidah during the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah by explaining the second and fourth clauses, and then tying it all together.
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מקורות:
ספר אבודרהם סדר תפלת ראש השנה
יחזקאל יח:כא-כג
דברים ל:יט
ישעיהו מח:ט-יא
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html

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In this episode of "5-minute kavanah" (recorded on 9/24/20) we continue our analysis of the first request we insert in the amidah during the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah, bringing support for the radical theory introduced in the previous video and explaining the idea based on the Radak's commentary on Malachi 3:16. In Part 3 we will explain the remaining two clauses of this request.

For the YouTube version of this episode, click here.
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מקורות:
ספר אבודרהם סדר תפלת ראש השנה
ר"י בר יקר סדר תפלת ראש השנה
מלאכי ג:יג-כא
רד"ק מלאכי ג:יג-כא
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html

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In this episode of "5-minute kavanah" (recorded on 9/23/20) we begin analyzing the first of the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah Amidah insertions, beginning with the phrase "remember us for life." Our analysis leads us to a theory some might consider to be "radical." You can be the judge of that.

For the YouTube version of this episode, click here.
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מקורות:
ספר אבודרהם סדר תפלת ראש השנה
ר"י בר יקר סדר תפלת ראש השנה
מלאכי ג:יג-כא
רד"ק מלאכי ג:יג-כא
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html

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מֵסִיר אׇזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ תּוֹעֵבָה:

This evening (8/3/21 at YBT), during our usual tefilah/Tehilim slot, we learned a Mishlei pasuk about tefilah. We were puzzled about what this pasuk is even doing in the sefer, but by the end of our analysis, we had several nice approaches. Turns out, your Mishleic development WILL affect the quality of your tefilah in a major way!
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Today’s Torah content is sponsored by Avygayl Zucker in honor of the 90th birthday of her grandfather, Yedidyah Halimi, whose dedication to Torah and mitzvos continues to be an inspiration. May Hashem grant him many more years of health and happiness!
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מקורות:
משלי כח:ט
מאירי - משלי כח:ט
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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This evening (7/27/21 at YBT) we began our inquiry into the halachos of tikun ha'guf (loosely translated as "bodily posture") in tefilah. After reading the halacha in the Rambam, I shared two quick insights: the first was a technique for maintaining kavanah (which I wrote about in my article entitled, Bodily Posture as a Sensory Anchor for Kavanah in Tefilah) and the second was a possible insight into the general reason for tikun ha'guf. We then read the Rashba's explanation for why we place our feet next to each other and clasp our hands. We ended by taking a quick look at how we paskin.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה ה:ד
Tara Brach, "True Refuge" pp.31-32
Bessel van der Kolk, "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma," Ch18
חידושי הרשב"א על ההגדות - ברכות דף י עמוד א
ערוך השולחן - אורח חיים צה:ה
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This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Sol and Chummie Azose, in honor of the upcoming 81st birthday of the Rosh ha'Yeshiva, Rabbi Yisroel Chait, and the 91st birthday of Sol's father, Hazzan Isaac Azose.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This evening (6/17/21 at YBT), in our final Tehilim shiur of the year, we changed the plans that we set forth on Tuesday. Instead of trying to figure out Tehilim 25, we focused on the reason that brought us there in the first place: the opening phrase in the 7th berachah of the Shemoneh Esrei. The Abudirham traces this phrase to a pasuk in Tehilim, but it's unclear which pasuk he's referring to: Tehilim 119:153 or Tehilim 25:18. We decided to examine both sources in context in hopes of figuring out the "machlokess." Our analysis got FAR messier than I anticipated, and although I felt somewhat discouraged by where we ended up, the guys in the shiur still felt that it was worthwhile enough to upload. So here you go! I hope this leads to more insight than we got. And with that, our the 2020-2021 season of our Tehilim/Tefilah shiur comes to a close. Until next time!
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מקורות:
ספר אבודרהם - שמונה עשרה
תהלים קיט:קנג-קס
תהלים פרק כה
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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In tonight's Tehilim shiur (6/15/20 at YBT) we began our analysis of Tehilim 25. However, since we only have one remaining Tehilim shiur before we break for the summer, we're not going to attempt to fully analyze the entire thing. Instead, our aim will be three-fold: (1) to find the pivot point, (2) to define the main idea, or at least come up with an approach, and (3) to gain insight into the phrase "see my suffering" (25:18), which is (possisbly?) the source of the opening phrase in the 7th berachah of the shemoneh esrei, which is what led me to this perek in the first place. We laid the groundwork today, and if we can achieve those three objectives on Thursday, then I will consider it to be a mission accomplished.
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מקורות:
תהלים כה
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ו:ה
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If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html

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This afternoon (6/14/21 at YBT), at the beginning of my Rambam Bekius shiur, I shared a tefilah-related epiphany I had as a result of our learning Hilchos Deios. I realize that this idea is still in its nascent form, but since this is the last week of yeshiva, I thought it would be a good idea to capture it in some form, even if it's still in need of refinement.

If you missed my shiur on Some Applications of 'Radical Acceptance' to Tefilah, then I recommend checking it out.

Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
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מקורות:
Rambam: Mishneh Torah, Sefer ha'Mada, Hilchos Deios Chapter 1
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html