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I once had a court case. I arrived half an hour early and just sat there in the lobby of the court house. Didn’t read, didn’t chat didn’t do anything except sit with the awareness of the severity of the upcoming event. Awareness of the judge and the procedure and what I would say and ask.

Do the same for 5 minutes before you daven. Call it meditation call it what you will. Just take a step back and silently contemplate Who you are talking to soon.

Think about the word ‘Atoh’ = ‘You’. You will be talking directly to the Power and Wisdom that created the entire universe with its thousands of billions of stars. To the very same Being that communicated with Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. To the Wisdom that formulated the miraculous human body among the rest of nature with its unfathomable processes.

Treat each tefiloh – no – every phrase – like it is your last ever. In truth each tefiloh is your last ever – for that particular tefiloh – as no tefiloh affects the heavenly worlds and by extension – you and the universe – the same way.