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Please post your ideas for easy ways to enhance davening.

Not to look around to see all the different people in shul.  I used to look around a lot.  When you look around and see people your focus becomes "How do I look in the eyes of the people here."
Without looking around, I forget that other people are in the room, and it's easier to focus on talking to H'.

During each kaddish try to focus on the words of at least one of the sentences.... i.e.  yisgadal, l'eylah, yehei shlomo rabbah, etc....

During chazoras hashatz, point to the place and focus on the meaning of the words for at least one brocha.

During krias hatorah, point to the place and concentrate on the meaning of the words for at least one possuk in each aliyah.

Once for each tefillah (shachris, mincha, maariv) say to yourself "I am preparing myself to stand before The Kudsha Breech Hu".

if possible, try to learn some of pesukai dezimra with a meforesh.
in shiur we do that. i happen to think that the 1st haleluka is a good one to start with

i learned it the 1st time with the malbim

HashemsSoldier wrote on 25 Nov 2010 04:10:


Reb Binyomin Rabinovitz ztz"l advised to learn one kapittel or brocho a week.  But he said only one per week not more, otherwise you will get to quickly tired.

world wrote on 25 Nov 2010 02:22:


Rebe Reb Elimelch of Lizensk is writing that in Hanhogas ho'Odom (or maybe Tzetel Koton)

world wrote on 25 Nov 2010 02:22:


Heard once a pshat on the possuk in Vayigash 45,1 " veloy yochol yosef lehisapek lechol anitsovim olov vayikro, hotziu kol ish meoloyi"
When a person wants to daven with a bren, but he is surrounded with allot of people and he is either shy or does not want to show off,  then he should say to him self,  "hotziu kol ish meoloyi" take out all those people from within me (not melefonoi) and just forget about those other people.