Hitbodedut and intention
Five minutes of speaking with God, guidance for personal prayer, and preparing for prayer from the sources.
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What Rabbi Nachman says
Hitbodedut, secluded personal prayer, is an exalted level, greater than everything. That is, to set aside for oneself at least an hour or more to seclude oneself alone in some room or in the field, and to pour out one's words between oneself…
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הַהִתְבּוֹדְדוּת הוּא מַעֲלָה עֶלְיוֹנָה וּגְדוֹלָה מִן הַכֹּל, דְּהַיְנוּ לִקְבֹּעַ לוֹ עַל־כָּל־פָּנִים שָׁעָה אוֹ יוֹתֵר לְהִתְבּוֹדֵד לְבַדּוֹ בְּאֵיזֶה חֶדֶר אוֹ בַּשָּׂדֶה, וּלְפָרֵשׁ שִׂיחָתוֹ בֵּינוֹ…
Five minutes of hitbodedut
A quiet timer, with no sound. Just you and your Creator, in your own words.
Begin by giving thanks for one small thing from today.
Preparing for prayer
Before praying, you can learn a little of the advice on prayer and hitbodedut, as written in the source.
The path includes a short prayer worded by the site. It is a helper text only, not a quotation, and is marked as such on the page.
Source: ליקוטי עצות · התבודדות
Source: ספר המידות · התבודדות
Source: ליקוטי עצות · חצות
Prayers worded on the site are helper texts only, and are marked as such. They carry no traditional attribution.