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Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Introduction: The Problem with Jewish Prayer 1
Part I The Spiritual Dynamics of Prayer 19
1 The Efficacy of Prayer 21
2 What Is Prayer? 39
3 Yearning 48
4 Gratitude 55
5 Kavvanah 59
6 Engaging the Body 66
7 Listening for God: Silence and Meditation 77
8 Discerning Divinity 84
Part II Beginning to Pray 91
9 Advice For Beginners 93
10 The Power of You 99
11 Blessings 104
12 Cultivating a Personal Prayer Voice 108
Part III Growing and Healing through Prayer 113
13 Teshuvah: Personal Change, Communal Responsibility 115
14 Coping with Loss 126
Part IV Embracing Traditional Jewish Prayer 139
15 The Spiritual Dynamics of the Siddur 141
16 Learning the Siddur 155
17 Overcoming the Hebrew Barrier 167
18 Best Practices 173
19 Between Traditional and Personal Prayer 186
20 Advice For Beginners Redux 191
Part V Building a Prayer Practice 201
21 Starting a Daily Practice 203
Practices 209
Yearning 209
Practice 1 Write a Psalm 209
Gratitude 210
Practice 2 Gratitude List 210
Practice 3 Thank-You Walk 211
Body Awareness 211
Practice 4 Soul Breathing 212
Practice 5 25-25-50 Body Awareness 213
Practice 6 Heart Awareness 214
Blessings 215
Practice 7 Blessings Practice 216
Practice 8 Jewish Blessings 218
Practice 9 Learn the Traditional Blessings 219
Practice 10 Blessings Walk 220
Cultivating a Personal Prayer Voice 220
Practice 11 Personal Prayer 221
Practice 12 Talking to God-Rabbi Nachman's Hitbodedut 222
Practice 13 Write a Letter to God 223
Practice 14 God Says 223
Practice 15 Contemplation 224
Coping with Loss 226
Practice 16 Tears 226
Practice 17 Words 227
Practice 18 Meditation 227
Practice 19 Give It to God 227
Teshuvah 228
Engaging the Body in Traditional Prayer 229
Practice 20 Jewish Chant 230
Befriending the Traditional Prayers 233
Practice 21 Improvise with the Chatimah 234
Practice 22 Ask the Siddur a Question 235
Practice 23 Visualization 235
Practice 24 Dialogue a Prayer 236
Conclusion: Letting God In 239
Notes 243
Waiting for You at www.MakingPrayerReal.com 245
Glossary 247
Resources 253
About the Contributors 267
Index of Contributors 279
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In Judaism there is a tension between communal prayer which is what we do most, and individual prayer. This book is an important book as we prepare for Yom Kippur. It is a book to be savored. Not read all in one setting. Not even read straight through. It is a book that slows prayer down, making it the conversation it was meant to be. It is a book that gives us real tools and practices that we can use, either individually or in community. It is a book that can be studied by ritual committees, leadership teams, adult study, people who care about prayer. It will be something I come back to again and again, since no one practice fits everyone, all the time. Home run.
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