The Gates of Prayer: Pt. 2: "The Vocabulary of Davvenology" with Reb Zalman (November 29, 2009)

"Defining Terms" is part 2 of a 12 part series of videos called, The Gates of Prayer, in which Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) talks about different aspects of Jewish prayer (or 'davvenology') from the library of his home in Boulder, Colorado on January 3rd, 2010. A film by Michael Kosacoff.

This series is available in book form as The Gates of Prayer: Twelve Talks on Davvenology: https://amzn.to/2UTqgiV

Also present are Jason Apt and others.

From the year 2000 to 2014, Boulder psychotherapist, Michael Kosacoff (1939-2020), filmed hundreds of private sessions, public talks, and events with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (mostly in Boulder, Colorado). In 2018, Kosacoff offered to collaborate with the Yesod Foundation in making his private collection of video recordings of Schachter-Shalomi and others available to the public on Youtube.

00:00 Introduction
00:12 Niggun: Lecha Amar Libi
02:59 Davvenen/דאווענען
04:35 Deveikut/דביקות
11:31 Kavannah/כוונה
15:01 Hitbonenut/התבוננות
23:32 Hitbodedut/התבודדות
27:42 Tefilah/תפילה
30:15 Niggunim/ניגונים · Wordless melodies
33:27 Several Kinds of Niggunim/ניגונים
37:17 Nusach/נוסח · Traditional Modes
41:19 Brachot/ברכות
47:52 Minyan/מנין · Prayer quorum
48:54 Shul/שול
49:08 Siddur/סידור · Prayer book; Machzor/מחזור · Holy day prayer book; Chumash/חומש
50:43 Q: Prayer alone vs. prayer together
52:54 Q: Gesture brings body and soul together in one function
54:35 Q: How do you make it continuous as you walk through your day?