[HANASHIR:2498] Re: Dancing Prayers

[Rachelle and Howard Shubert <shubert...>]

No, it is not a reference to traditional davening -- quite the opposite, Brian.

Rachelle

At 10:28 19/03/99 EST, Chazzzan (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>Rachelle, I assume that the phrase you used -- "holding oneself stiffly"
>{during prayer} -- was an oblique reference to the traditional method of
>davening and "shuckling."  This idea is a misunderstanding...in ALL the
>traditional services I have attended, there is RARELY anyone who is holding
>himself or herself stiffly.  Rather, some are quite animated in how much they
>move, and devote their whole bodies to the meditative prayer experience.
>
>What city do you live in?  Have you ever been to an Orthodox or Chabad
>service?
>
>Shabbat Shalom
>
>Brian
>
>
>

------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------+
Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium  http://shamash.org
------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------=