[HANASHIR:12836] RE: Mishkan T'fillah

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

What makes you think the new siddur (or the old one) doesn't mention Gd?

Meris Ruzow

Meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com


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From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org] On
Behalf Of Joy Newman
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:06 PM
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:12835] RE: Mishkan T'fillah

I just have a question about this new siddur (or actually...I think it's
a 
question about the old one).  How does a Jewish service exist without
G-d?  
How does that work?  What are the prayers oriented to?  To what does one

pray?  I understand that a big part of Judaism is to question, to
question 
one's faith and how the role of G-d is played out in daily life, but the

underlying idea behind those questions is that one believes.  Without
that 
basic belief, what is there to question?  If you don't believe at all
then 
there would be no questions because you just wouldn't believe. If you
had 
absolutely no faith, even the slightest bit (ie: belief in G-d), why
would 
you question that which you don't believe exists?  This issue came up at
the 
Sunday school where I teach last week, and I just don't understand.
When I 
saw that there was a service without G-d, I just couldn't help asking
how 
that works!

Thanks for your information!  I just...conceptially this blows my mind,
and 
I want to understand how and why this service works.

~smile always~
-Joy Newman
Rochester, NY


>I personally have loved the Gates of Prayer and except for
>service #6 ( You know, the one without G-d)

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