Continuing with yesterday's topic, and returning to the writings of Rabbi Shalom Aroush, we will focus again on personal prayer.
Rabbi Aroush mentions that all mitzvos (commandments) are the same for all people. Everyone puts on Tefillin the same way (not withstanding certain minor differences in custom), everyone has the same rules of kashrut, the prayer book is the same for all people.
It is only in the realm of personal prayer that each person is unique. For that matter each day's personal prayer is different as well. What is troubling the soul on Sunday is not the same as on Monday. The material needs of one month are different than another. Those things for which one must offer thanks one day are not the same the next.
It is within the realm of personal prayer that a person can truly develop an individual relationship with God. It is also, therefore, the area in which one can discover his own unique pathway in the world.
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