{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"דרך מצוותיך | Rabbi Blachman (Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh)","title":"Serving G-D in Prayer (pt. 2)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8633be50\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2641,"description":"🎬 Watch this shiur on YouTube\n── Shiur Outline ──\n(0:07) Starting the Lesson and Locating the Text\n(1:30) Understanding the Basis of Avodah in Prayer\n(2:57) Mishnah on Koved Rosh and Humility\n(5:40) Defining Hachna'ah: Marat Nefesh and Yirah\n(7:44) Additional Mishnah Source on Bowing Before God\n(13:31) Preparing Mentally Before Beginning Tefilla\n(19:38) Krias Shema and Closing the Day Properly\n(23:06) The Sensuous Self vs Intellectual Life\n(25:27) Subconscious and Moral Traits\n(29:32) Humbling Prayer: No Credit from God\n(32:54) Kavana and the Fear of Speaking\n(34:44) Depression vs Healthy Self‑Critique\n(36:27) Dust in the Wind: Human Humility\n(39:55) Elevating Prayer to Divine Service\n(42:00) A Practical Shabbat Davening Plan\n(43:06) Shavuot Warning: Don't Be a Shoteh\nAI-Generated Summary (AI can be inaccurate. Check important information):\nThe central work of prayer is defined as avodah she’balev (service of the heart), which functions as a process of emotional repair intended to transform the person into an empty vessel for God’s presence. To achieve this, a person must approach prayer through the foundation of hachna'ah (humility and subjugation), recognizing one’s personal lowliness and total dependency on the Creator. By contemplating the vastness of the cosmos and the puniness of one’s own animal instincts and shortcomings, the individual can strip away their artificial projected image and enter a state of true awe. This honest recognition of one's own deficiency transforms a standard prayer into a tefilla be-et tsara (prayer in a time of distress), turning the act into a powerful, biblically mandated connection with the Divine.\n1. Self-nullification in prayer — The fundamental basis of avodas hatefilla is hachna’ah (subjugation), where one fixes the heart by becoming an empty vessel devoid of self-serving feelings.\n2. Koved Rosh defined — According to the Mishnah (Berachos 30b), one must pray with koved rosh, which Rashi defines as a sense of humility and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vWZvcloZmFu42I6Q_PIYWnJC3X61riJVuhFBShRukh0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NDJj/NmRkMmNhZWZjZTIy/ZDFjZDg0MDljOWU2/NTExNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}