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(How) Does Prayer Work?

Speaker:: Yair Lichtman
Date:: July 13 2023

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Venue: YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago

Machshava:

Tefillah

Description

In this Shiur, we tackle the philosophical puzzle of how prayer "changes the mind" of an unchanging God, offer three approaches to the mechanism of prayer, and conclude by exploring how my prayer could possibly help you.

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(How) Does Prayer Work?

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