[Avodah] Hilchos Sefirah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 09:56:48PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: From what I've heard, yes, most definitely. From what I've gathered over
: the years, there are several things in this category, and what they all
: have in ccommon is that they are not prayers. They are declarations. A
: prayer is best when one understands what he is saying, but he is yotzay
: even if he doesn't. But a declaration is meaningless unless he understands
: what he is saying.

Avakesh is currently exploring this topic on his blog.

See "Saying Shema in Other Languages"
<http://www.avakesh.com/2008/04/saying-shema-in.html>
and "Where Does Speech Take Place" (mind or mouth, and if in the mind,
what does that mean WRT using other languages?)
<http://www.avakesh.com/2008/04/where-does-spee.html>

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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