Ways To Make Your Tefillah More Meaningful-By Mrs. Sinensky's Jewish Philosophy Class

• Pick a different part to focus on each day
• Think about what inspired the tefillot
• Think about the fact that everyone is davening the same text
• Daven betzibbur
• Relate it to your own life
• Follow along in the Siddur
• Remove yourself from distractions
• Add in your own requests in the bakasha section of Shmoneh Esreh
• Go to sleep earlier so that you are more awake for Shacharit
• Talk less during davening
• Remember that the Rabbis who wrote tefillah knew what was important to include
• Remember that davening is an opportunity-Hashem wants to give to you
• Think that you are standing before a King
• Don’t rush
• Be open to tefillah
• Daven for other people
• Use the English
o Focus on parts that you don’t understand
o Read the English as a “preview”