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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rav Re'em Hacohen wrote this week a short article
on kavana in tefila. After going through the normal sources he has two
concluding remarks:</FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Despite what the Rishonim wrote (about our lack of
kavana today) many great gedolim did delve into the issue of kavana in tefila
and its importance. Those who did this obviously held that it is possible to
succeed in having kavana.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We can ask the following: in a generation where so
many people delve into issues of self awareness (in prayer and in other
areas), perhaps it is time to return to the din of the Gemara. If someone can
pray with kavana, then perhaps he should repeat his tefila if he failed to do
so (perhaps the Rema was not talking about our generation).</FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ben</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>