When do we feel nourished by prayer and when do we leave in frustration, thinking its hopeless or we'll never get it right?

Can prayer be an uplifting experience for us?

How do we balance the traditional words with sharing the prayers of our hearts?

Here some wisdom from the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, about how we can connect more deeply in prayer.

This podcast is an introduction to the next podcast, which is a recording of an evening prayer service (Ma'ariv) which took place at the recent Ohalah conference for Jewish Renewal clergy. Rabbi Ilan was asked to create a service - listen in as he shares what he tried to do, and lessons for adding more to our own prayer lives.

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