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Meir G.
On a practical level how about for a few examples.
at least at the times when we are in the midst of ruchnius like davening and learning Torah etc…. Leave your cell phone in a locker outside the Bais medrash and give the shul and Hashem the proper kavod it deserves without any disturbance in middle of talking to Hashem the king of kings ruler of the world.
At least when it is the proper time of mourning for the churban habayis which is on Tisha Bav (or focusing on teshuva on Yom Kippur which is a special day set aside to just focus on repentance) let’s not be looking at our clocks how much longer until we can get up from the floor and go back to sitting on a couch? (Or on yom kippur the holiest day of the year how much longer until that short break between mussaf and Mincha) the point is that today on Tisha Bav as I sit on the floor mourning over the churban habayis I beg Hashem to just forgive klal yisroel and bring the Mashiach I’ll even fast a full extra day and this is my focus right now as I mourn for the churban habayis. (On yom kippur I just beg Hashem to please forgive me for my sins of this past year-everyone sins and no one is perfect-and if I have a break before mincha grab the opportunity and say some extra Tehillim to beg Hashem for a complete forgiveness from this past year)
May we all do serious teshuva and achdus ASAP together as a nation so Mashiach can come already