Inspirational Noahide
Monday, July 21st, 2008A Ben Noah inspires me to be a better Jew:
Is there no Hebrew in this [Oklahoma Bnai Noah Society Noahide] Prayer book?1
I have spent many hours over the past years learning to pray in the Holy tongue and I prefer to pray the Psalms, etc. in Hebrew.
I do also practice Hitbodedut2 in English (although I do not do it enough and have much growing to do in this area) and I am familiar with the teachings of R[ebbe] Nachman on this issue. I guess one could just have a Hebrew Tehillim along with this siddur…but if there is an abridged or altered form or the Amidah 3 in it, it would be nice to have that in Hebrew, as well as all the other blessings4.
Like I said, “i heart noahides.” 
- Noahides do not need prayer books to pray! The tradition of Noah is to pray from the heart, in words from your heart. Jews only established organized prayer for themselves during the 2nd temple period, when it became a necessary means for keeping Judaism alive while in exile (to explain it in a nutshell). However, a great deal of thought, research, and heart went into creating the OKBNS prayer book, and there is nothing halachically wrong with using it if you are so inclined. ↩
- Hitbodedut is personal, intimate, one-on-one prayer with G-d ↩
- Amidah - the core section of the Jewish prayer service today. The 19 blessings of the amidah mostly revolve around the welfare and aspirations of the Jewish people, so I’m not sure why this dedicated Noahide was asking to find the amidah on the OKBNS prayer book. See: How Should a Noahide Pray ↩
- There’s a lot of discussion about what Bnei Noah should/shouldn’t do/say as regards blessings. Please review those discussion, such as on wikinoah.org ↩
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