kavanah

It begins with a meditation (called a kavanah) which is meant to help the penitent to focus on the particular sin and ends with a traditional declaration done in the style of the main High Holiday confessional called the Al-Chet (For the Sin of ... ) and at the service, although done in English it was chanted in a traditional melody:

Rabbi Lawrence Troster: An Environmental Confession For The High Holidays Rabbi Lawrence Troster 2011

It begins with a meditation (called a kavanah) which is meant to help the penitent to focus on the particular sin and ends with a traditional declaration done in the style of the main High Holiday confessional called the Al-Chet (For the Sin of ... ) and at the service, although done in English it was chanted in a traditional melody:

Rabbi Lawrence Troster: An Environmental Confession For The High Holidays Rabbi Lawrence Troster 2011

I tell the parents in my classes that instead of sizing up the sermon, the rabbi, or the service, they may benefit more from sizing up what Jews call kavanah, a Hebrew term that means spiritual focus.

THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

I tell the parents in my classes that instead of sizing up the sermon, the rabbi, or the service, they may benefit more from sizing up what Jews call kavanah, a Hebrew term that means spiritual focus.

THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

The rabbis taught that the ideal way to achieve kavanah -- focus -- in prayer is to first say the shema and its blessings and then, immediately afterwards, to say the Amidah -- literally the "standing prayer."

Rabbi Aaron Alexander: Praying On Planes: Rights And Responsabilities Rabbi Aaron Alexander 2011

The rabbis taught that the ideal way to achieve kavanah -- focus -- in prayer is to first say the shema and its blessings and then, immediately afterwards, to say the Amidah -- literally the "standing prayer."

Rabbi Aaron Alexander: Praying On Planes: Rights And Responsabilities Rabbi Aaron Alexander 2011

We are also required by law to feel, our grateful words must have a sincere intention -- we call it “kavanah.”

Aaron Freeman: Blacks, Jews, and Gratitude 2008

In that, I think that Jewish sovereignty in Israel continues to be halakhically illegitimate because we are here without a righteous kavanah.

Can you smell the Kumah rising? | Jewschool 2007

From a religious perspective, these days I think that even if you want to hold by the wholly legitimate belief that “the goyim dealing too harshly with us” invalidated the restriction against pursuing sovereignty in the land of Israel, to live here in anything other than utter righteousness, with the ultimate kavanah intention to sanctify this holy place with our words and deeds, is a grave offense in the eyes of G-d.

Can you smell the Kumah rising? | Jewschool 2007

I was thumbing through it and saw a part that said that when saying the shehecheyanu blessing after lighting candles on this Rosh Hashanah, one should have the kavanah intention to accept the shemitah year on oneself.

The seventh year | Jewschool 2007