ALEPH Canada is dedicated to reclaiming the Jewish people’s sacred purpose of partnership with the Divine in the inseparable tasks of healing the world and healing our hearts.
The Amud haT’fillah 110 in the Sefer Ba’al Shem Tov, describes how the first stage of davvenen is to become connected to all that is. You can find it here or in Menachem Kallus’ book, Pillar of Prayer, pp. 113-118. When I first began to meditate, one exercise was to sit on my bed in my room, step outside myself, and see me meditating on my bed in my room in my house in my city in my state/province, in my country, and so on. Perhaps we could use P’sukey d’Zimra more consciously to help people experience this interconnectedness within the One as the Besht suggested.
