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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
daven .
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Examples
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My perspective on these issues is that of an striving to be observant Jew that regularly davens at an egalitarian Conservative shul as well as occasionally at a liberal Orthodox “Indie Minyan” at a local university.
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She davens every day, with tallis and tefillin in the privacy of her own home.
Life in Israel 2010
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"My father davens (prays) everyday and when we were growing up if he didn't pray or go to services on Shabbat, we worried if he was okay," said his daughter, Meryl Cinnamon
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Chany davens with her class when she gets to school.
Chicago Reader 2010
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I'll bet that she has jazz on her CD player and pesto and sundried tomatoes in her fridge and davens where no one winces at the long curls tumbling out of her beret or the fact that her flary skirt stops just above her knees.
Beyond BT - The Baal Teshuva site for Baalei Teshuva and Other Growth Oriented Jews Anxious Ima 2009
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In new film, Down syndrome is no obstacle to prayer new york | Lior Liebling davens everywhere - in the backyard, in school and on the swing set.
J. Weekly 2009
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Is my davening counted if a chabadnick davens for the amud?
Mystical Paths 2009
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If the someone davens too quickly, do not admonish him in the middle of the davening and embarrass him.
Hirhurim - Musings 2009
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In new film, Down syndrome is no obstacle to prayer by rebecca wolfson, jta new york | Lior Liebling davens everywhere - in the backyard, in school and on the swing set.
J. Weekly 2009
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"To have a community that davens together and learns together and has dreams of something bigger."
Articles 2008
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