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Tzava'at Harivash

By Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov; translated and annotated by J. Immanuel Schochet
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You must learn and train yourself to pray with a low voice, even the Hymns [of Praise], and to cry out silently. 1 Whatever you say, whether it be Hymns or [words of Torah-]study, should be said with all your strength, as it is said, “All my bones shall say...” (Psalms 35:10) 2

An outcry rooted in deveikut is silent.

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FOOTNOTES
1.	To pray out loud stimulates kavanah. Thus it is customary in many places (and especially among certain schools of Chassidism) to pray loudly, with great intensity (except for the Amidah which should not be audible even to those standing next to you). On an elevated level of communion with God, however, when praying with profound focus and devotion in the gripping consciousness of being literally in the very presence of God, the words flow from the very depth of the heart and soul and are practically silent: “Hannah was speaking from the heart, only her lips moved and her voice was not heard.” (I Samuel 1:12) To pray aloud initially is acceptable, and even necessary, for the average person. Nonetheless, “you must learn and train yourself to pray with a low voice.. and to cry out silently.”
2.	See below, sect. 34-35, 51, 58, 60, and end of 75.

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	Tzava'at Harivash is an anthology of teachings and instructions attributed to the Baal Shem Tov and his successor, R. Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezhrich. The translation, by a foremost authority on Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism, is enhanced by source-references, brief commentaries, notes on the passages that were perceived to be controversial, and a comprehensive introduction.


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