the Power of Repetition and Prayer

i found myself lecturing to my classmates today about the importance of repetitious learning and as i walked away after repeatedly stressing it. it came to me that prayer and studying are the same. in one of my readings
Arthur Kurzweil states :

"When you study the Torah, you aren’t just studying the word of God. According
to Jewish belief, Torah study is actually an authentic encounter with God. The
Torah can be viewed as a collection of concentrated emanations and transmutations
of divine wisdom. I’m a Jew who studies the Torah in one form or
another every day. I’ve been studying the Torah for nearly 40 years, and I’ve
come to believe that the Torah is the most profound collection of wisdom
and guidance I’ve ever encountered."

in my experience, after nights of prayer and study i have found that my faith and my relationship with god growers closer, i can at points feel him, during math class, when i feel levels uncertain and nervousness, i feel his presents all around me like an invisible ball of light.

prayer is a reminder to yourself to be godly, to try and be the best person you can be! when you pray, the teaching are reaffirmed, just like touching the Mezuzah, a renewed feeling of gods everlasting presence, if prayer isdone over and over

the nights that i dont pray i feel a profound sense of sadness and dis-pare. disconnection. i spent the last hours deep the study of Torah, feeling a profound sense of shame and guilt, for things that i have done in the past. that the Torah has explained in bitter detail. g-d is a teacher at times, nevertheless let us carry on with lesson of repetition:

One of the 613 mitzvot is to recite the Shema twice daily


the full Shema consists of three paragraphs:

• Deut. 6:4-9, loving God, learning Torah, and passing on Jewish tradition to our children. The passage also refer to the mitzvot of tefillin and mezuzah.
• Deut. 11:13-21, positive consequences of practicing the mitzvot, and the negative consequences of not.
• Numbers 15:37-41, which speaks about the 40 year journey from Egypt, fulfills the commandment to recall the Exodus every day.

Another purpose of the bedtime Shema is to fall asleep while saying words of Torah.

of my classmates favorite sayings is from my lips to god's ears

see in this case, repetition does not only help strengthen the bond i have with almighty but, for this moment. close your eyes and feel him. he is everywhere calling you. wish you the best in your work, your life, yourself

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