Do you daven??

Posted: Mon, Feb 01 2010, 10:49 pm Post subject:

Dolphin-your children are your priority but you can still find 3-5 minutes to daven.If you really want you can make it happen. I heard a few times that a woman should daven certain things. My kids learn to say amen to my brochos in the morning and dd has her own sidder to "daven" along with.
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Posted: Tue, Feb 02 2010, 9:51 am Post subject: re: do you daven??

not having it in my schedule is myi issue. Yes, many days it is hard to even find the time but I do believe even those days if I had it in my schedule I would still find at least a few minutes. This morning, after I put my toddler to sleep I was trying to figure out what I needed to do- there is always things, but instead I went to the computer and this thread reminded me that I didn't daven and now I had the time. If we find time for imamother then we can find time to daven- I am talking to myself. Many days I don't find time for imamother....I also find kriyat shma al hamita very hard, so tired at that point...
I need to ask my LOR what I am required....
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Posted: Tue, Feb 02 2010, 10:46 am Post subject: Re: re: do you daven??

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R' Yitchok Kirzner zt'l has a shiur on what davening is and what it isn't. It has helped dispel many misconceptions I have had about davening. He blew me away when he explained what tefila is REALLY all about!
His shiurim are available on his website, in the tefila category. You will never view tefila in the same light again.

Posted: Tue, Feb 02 2010, 3:51 pm Post subject:

angeli, can you post the web site please?

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I found the website, but it looks like you have to pay for the classes. www.rabbikirzner.org

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I became frum before Iwas married. I managed to daven mincha through 1st year of marriage. Eventually, it dwindled, with peaks and valleys over the years. I have bli ayin hara many children and work fulltime, as the main financial support for my family. BUT--I NEVER eat a morsel or drink a sip without saying morning brachos. For me, that is iron-clad.
Almost exactly a year ago, close friends of our's lost a young child, lo aleinu, and I felt the need to daven, and to really take this upon myself as a daily commitment, for an aliya for his dear neshama. His 1st yahrtzeit is this week, and as I look back, I feel very happy that I did this. And, I will continue. I think of this darling child , and the comfort I have from doing something for his neshama. And, I have learned to really love my quiet time with Hashem.

Posted: Wed, Jan 04 2012, 2:00 pm Post subject:

I am a big advocate on davening. As a mom we need to pray to hashem a lot!!! I know you can do with your own words and I do that a lot but I make a point to daven daily the basics. I daven brochos, shema, ani mamin and whole perek shira every single morning and in the afternoon before it gets dark ashrei and tehillim. I make sure to find time no matter what-with newborns and toddlers and working four days a week last year....

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I don't daven enough... but am sometimes inspired when I think of this simple advice.... put davening in the same priority as something else in your life.. like putting on makeup.. you make sure to do it even if you "don't have time".. so make davening.. even five minutes of it that kind of priority