נקודה בתפילה
Nekudah B’Tefillah helps you have כוונה during davening through one clear נקודה from Chassidus. Some cards uncover the meaning inside specific words of the siddur; others teach the inner עבודה that prepares you to daven those words.
Davening can stay outside us even when we know the words. Sometimes we need to uncover the truth inside a phrase; sometimes we need to prepare the person who will say it.
This is not a shiur during Shemoneh Esrei. It is a usable daily aid: understand one truth, remain with it until it becomes inwardly present, and carry it into davening.
נקודה Understanding התבוננות דעת Davening
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נקודה בתפילה NEKUDAH B’TEFILLAH
בס״ד
Card 01 · Modeh Ani
מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ
I give thanks before You
Think About This
Before I think about what I need to fix today, I remember what is deepest in me: my עצם הנשמה is already bound to Hashem. From that place I say מודה אני.
The נקודה
בס״ד
מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ
קונטרס ענינה של תורת החסידות, §§9–11
Before I begin fixing what still needs work, מודה אני uncovers the עצם הנשמה whose bond with Hashem was never damaged. From that untouched נקודה, today's עבודה begins.
Nekudah B’Tefillah
Every card provides:
Words cards also contain the exact siddur phrase, translation, and a thought to hold while saying it.
Avodah cards instead give the inner עבודה to prepare for or carry into davening.
Each card has a permanent page: original source passage, context so the idea is not taken out of the maamar or sicha, a fuller explanation, practical guidance for davening, and links to shiurim, sichos, and maamorim.
The practice is basic התבוננות as taught in קונטרס התפלה: take an idea of אלקות that you already understand, remain with it in depth and detail, and bind yourself to it until it becomes inwardly present. When the truth illuminates in the mind, the heart can respond and davening expresses that awareness.
Card 01 · Modeh Ani
The Untouched נקודה
I give thanks before You
Card 02 · Preparation for Davening
An idea in חסידות can inspire me from the outside while leaving me unchanged. The Rebbe Rashab teaches that preparation makes the person a כלי, allowing the light to enter פנימיות.
Card 03 · Avodah of Davening
Learning gives me an understood ענין. התבוננות works through its details; דעת binds me to it until it becomes הרגש הענין המושג—a reality inwardly present to me.
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