Avoiding Distractions During Davening - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith

foreign distractions during driving that's why we covered the Whole Foods that's great for 718-851-8651.com Rob Smith a while ago I got a phone call someone said you know who's in the show and there was a picture of a person on the wall he goes you know what's worse the picture is of you I guess I was giving you share in actual they were advertising so they put a picture of me right in the front in the misery I wasn't happy about that as you could imagine but the truth is as we'll learn today this is one of the um points that we see in in that a person has to be careful to avoid distractions during davening why as we'll soon see but I'll give another muscle that I have in the both receivers that give a sharing and the camp I go to there are big windows in the misery band and it comes admirable if you see a reflection of the person you can almost see yourself as like a mirror is there any problem of davening in front of a window where at night you could see your reflection this will also be negaya believe it or not a totally different question about davening Outdoors during the summer there are special meeting areas on the highway where you could download and other such questions like someone just asked me he's building a a new shoe and is it true you have to have Windows in the shoe so as we'll see it might seem like a variety of different questions will see the Shanghai Hashem it's really one you say that we have to clarify the rambam in the period and islet was asked the following question and they saw they had some nice artwork and it wasn't me it wasn't of course it wasn't the picture photograph it wasn't even a picture necessarily of a person but it was a nice scenery for example it was made out of a material and they asked the rambam is it okay to have nice pictures and nice uh you know different type of sceneries in the show so the rambam refers to gamaron brochures base tomorrow that when you learn it you find it very challenging meaning how do you know that when you dive in there should be nothing in between you and the wall Street by the wall now this sounds impossible to put it bluntly because how do you have a shoulder everybody I mean the obvious Stampede to the wizard of that would be dangerous everybody's gonna fit it on The Miser event so the rambam explains that it doesn't mean you have to stand by the wall is and I quote his last chance necessarily but there should be nothing in between you and the world that's disturbing you that's the the enemy it's not that by the wall because the truth is the biggest is a distraction don't forget what hazal say it's fillable like Havana like a golf balloon it's not good and that's the problem with having any pictures on the wall because pictures are attractive and it's it's disturbing the artwork is this is is very much distracting that's the problem so pictures on the wall is a violation of the gamara and brochures base says the rambam what but if I end up in davening in a place that there are some nice artwork on the wall I close my eyes so the ramam is really telling us two important khadoos first of all it's not an absolute Issa like [Music] are stuck close your eyes now the truth is if a person is in a place the muscle that's not sneezed they're closing your eyes doesn't help but if it's the Issa of distracting so when you close your eyes you you see nothing and it's not distracting the embassy is this idea of distractions by davening is found in another place in restonim which is a big sugu which is not for now but it's something to think about both wonder about the prevalent custom that in Mars and Durham they had pictures in the city because when you look at the pictures during The Happening it's distracting and then both toys and America discuss the avoid the Zara aspect of it because if you put pictures of animals there's also a concern uh perhaps of a type of like desire now let me explain Olive and I would have any pictures of a human being or oh I should say a picture I say a bust a sculpture of you of a human being or animals that are in the mode one of those that a person has to be careful with is the tour of a lion and many many tubers were written about the prevalent custom rather Dominican and even in front of places Lions they have whether you have it on the breakfast or many have lions real you know like like statues of lions on top holding a breakfast which seems to be a clear violation so everybody discusses that but that's very different here but what is this like the rambam both say pictures during davening is a problem of distraction and taka this is quoted in Sim and sadik quotes to rambam don't have nice artwork on the wall and there are more quotes mathem should be free of pictures it shouldn't be distracting the magnaf ramens you've got lamborghin says on the wall of basic knesses there should be no pictures and lotion is it should not it should only have this Adam if it's above eye level so you don't see it but pictures on a wall is an absolute No-No don't forget kavana is fragile as it is right in their times it's very hard to have kavan we don't have kavana no what should we say today so it's hot enough as it is but let's not add more problems by making things that are distracting in other words it's not just a person has a cell phone during the Avenue which is obviously distracting or it brings a child and it's making noise even the quote the minor distractions are also connected and that's why it's plus you see a picture of a person you know a Manisha if you like the person you think good about him if you don't like you you then you start thinking what you don't like about him but it causes a distraction it it diverts your attention so that's why La maisa a picture on an on a base magic should not be done now but the question we began with the picture on the basement ideas we have two Aces if the pictures so there's no problem you don't see it or even if it's eye level close your eyes we saw them the random don't forget the rambam said to do a pictures and he closed his eyes but I want to just present you what I saw in the Hindi scheme an additional problem that's extremely negaya for a different reason as well they're advised with someone wanted to redecorate the base majors and he put some very strange things he put lions and statues don't ask but the end of this two whether advice comes and says another you saw it one should not dive in behind his rabbi because as Tice explains when he bows down it looks like he's bowing down to his rabbit will soon but the concept of the if I believe don't dab in front of a mirror because when you bow down you bow down to yourself that's called You're idolizing yourself and he says and therefore getting back to our point he says since you better get rid of that process with the elaborate uh the designs and and statues it smells some of our desire okay now this is quoted by all poison because now you have to realize one thing if it's a distraction closing your eyes helps but if we're going to assume that there's a problem it won't help closing your eyes you can't bow down in front of everybody dessert with your eyes closed so I saw the oral let's see and see if it's any of the animals that are in the mother a lion a shark in front of those pictures is awesome even if you close your eyes because and therefore you have to get rid of it now this this point by human being I'd rather found in the earth in the end of halik Bayes in the in the old prince it's the episcopics are similar age gimmo he says when your people have suras Arroyos lions and Russia on the basement walls there's another problem of Miracle of alloy because again the person Alliance and and and and sure is something that we have to avoid at all costs now this is and taka we should not put pictures of people on in a base mattress that's push it but I have another problem if you assume this as correct you can't dive in a place that is a picture of a person one day he has to take away the pictures that means that he's having a minion might have a Chevy Brokers at a home and their pictures you have to cover the pictures that means in a base oval you have to cover all the pictures in a Shiva classroom typically they're in the music there's pictures of good Island you can't dive in there a person wants a diving in a circle and today all suckers have beautiful good daily good Island pictures in a camp based magician I don't know if it's a base magic or it's a uh an auditorium whatever it is but they have color war and they have my riff a lot of pictures on the wall I noticed a lot of missions they have people picture people dancing he would refuse to Daven in Asuka even though it was convenient for him because there are pictures and basically this is based on the fact that a picture in the soul is worse then I saw another bizarre shahila but it's the difference and again see what people have to put up with it seems they put a picture in a shoe in England now that was where the sale came from of one of the Jewish political figures wasn't the goggle in fact it's interesting they put a picture of him in the front of them Israel and it was so inappropriate because that figure had no yamagon not gonna say who it is in this basement but they the the kill wrote there's an is people I mean like what message did that standing so he says you have to get rid of it because any writes very clearly have pictures of people in a basement so we can we definitely see that there's a strong case that pictures of people should not be in basement now if we accept that as then even attemus and I won't help the only thing I'd like to add is to put on this Issa is it really an Issa or just it's inappropriate don't forget the RAM mount spoke about having pictures in a base mattress quotes it the Mr Brook on that quote don't have any pictures and don't dab in front of a mirror no one said that you can't have a picture of a person in basement or by davening now so that we find in tukumars tices actually is one of them you can't dab in front of a rebbe that I understand you're bowing down to your rabbit a person there is a rule spoke about you know what is Ryan from wasara says the person dropped something right in front of everybody Zara no that I understand even a mirror which is an image of a person I could understand but the question is a regular picture let's say the machine there's three people dancing half the signs today have that that that image is a higher above ish you know there's another tuva a very crucial not the the but the kaduman is called much before the time was also discusses about pictures he rather speaks about him by the Kim the mismo when it's when it's done in the background of a monogram and they had pictures so he says after a while you get used to it it doesn't it's not a problem but he doesn't say but a picture of a human being is awesome so again it's definitely the wrong thing to have pictures in a basement but to say that it's us even when your eyes are closed even higher than I'm not convinced it's true the difference very strongly because they had a picture of someone didn't belong in a basement but what I could say is a person comes to a base level or he's not happening by a minor Vanessa in a home and there are pictures to say it's us to the David the best day to close your eyes okay that we understand we had to grab them this Shiva with you know right before Purim the Barca made a huge picture must have been at least six feet literally of the receiving they hung it up in the base matches you know as a perm stick but the good news we put it on the side of the base Magician on one wall okay so that's a good problem but again even though it's wrong and don't get me wrong you know distractions are wrong but to say it's awesome to diving in a private home when there's a picture on the wall you know Taco should have been a gay but on a baseball people a MacBook to to cover mirrors but I haven't seen anybody covering every last picture because hopefully there's enough to be saying behan at least Betsy but what we could approach now with a little more guidance is what we say in many schools especially during my riff when the windows are clear and not opaque and there are no the shades are not pulled down when you dive in basically when it's dark you see an image of yourself is that a problem so again when the camper I go to this is a nightly job with the guy but he closes all the shades by The Miser man because the window reflection is very clear so the embassies I told you earlier the advanced session in front of a mirror and all the police game quote this says this the question is does that apply to a window as well it's the same reflection so we could say stay tuned first of all let's go let's start with the ratvas The Happening in front of a real mirror so Fred the vagina says he puts it like you know doesn't say these words but you ever think about it you're bowing down and guess what when you bow it also bows to you isn't that the Matthias you bow down to a mirror it bows down to you soon ER rough foreign a window is not as clear typically as a window as a mirror at night it's dark very often is a distorted image Dr Das Toyota same Destiny he says even if you go with the red device it's not talking about a window per se but he's talking about when you have an image of yourself and he says that even though advoid is not a problem it's only a mirror that's a very clear reflection a clear image of yourself where did I see this more specifically he was asked what's nigaya and many shoes I don't care but they have a plexiglass in front by the Hazen's Ahmed and either Islam or anything else but you have a Plexiglas um not a picture but uh A Tavola 's Ahmed an image of yourself to be to remove all Plexiglas um images in by by the that are found in a shoe sorry it's a little more than I'm saying he wants to say that if you have a mirror that's the it's it's matura its purpose is to see yourself that's a that suspect but if you have a beautiful um plexiglass to stress visas and acne Summit no one is so that's a very good sorrow when you have a window no one thinks about you the windows the essays you bow down to yourself a mirror is there to make a reflection a window is there to give to give light or to give some air I also saw on the safe Hill because you I'm behind that serves he says and I guess he means to say based on the dash Torah and in front of a window you bow down to yourself as even the mirror is now what to me was interesting the oral let's see an enzymes he says by by mirrors we have to be because but not by window so I was pretty relieved that La Mesa we see that Windows which is very often in this marriage is very common there are those that are Michael you don't have to close the shade Africa and this is important for us and he goes back to the original you saw it what was the inside of the ratvas that you can't dab in front of a mirror because you can't say you can't dive in behind your rabbi now what does that mean typically they're a bonamer in mizrach and we'd have them behind them so how does it stem so twice this is so as the police can explain no one thinks you're bowing down to your rabbit that's just the way people Daven the robotics by Miser can you stand behind so Italian is a beautiful China the the the the whole Makar of astering is in front of the mirror is so we're pretty comfortable to say America should not be done a window attacker some close it maybe they find it's distracting also but there's definitely yes in front of a window even though this sort of reflection at night like one of these shoes that I'm in there is no shade still it's a huge windows it's not even trying to have Shades what you do you shouldn't have a name so we rely on this these two factors first of all the window is easier and even their advisors as we said some question it because it's not the next question which we have to clarify is The Happening by the wall so I hope you remember that Sycamore that we just said with gemara says the question is how do we apply this should everybody down by the midst of event so we saw the rambam where the rambam says it's not a DIN and dabbing by the wall it's avoiding distractions now that's Taco something we have to understand the meerie on our gamoras is the Farish make sure there's nothing in between you and the world distracting you it's not a din if dabbing by the wall it's avoid distractions you'll find much literature on the tables whether it's appeals or whatever or programs and everything has pictures and it's very distracting your eye catch the attention and you see something on the table as a as they they're coming out about a big macaw about this and that and you see it you start thinking about it and you wake up three minutes later you know we ended up you know going to that that rally this is the the enemy so to speak this is the problem now this is if you learn just like the rambam enemy Eerie there's no den of diving by the wall period however I must tell you the Lord is not so much more like that here it seems you have to be mammaged by the wall what's shot so if you look in a little later quotes says I quote because it's very good idea to hear this Hatfield is the Malcolm carbon and therefore we have to try to make diving like carbonus and he has probably half a dozen unlockers based on this analogy that every each filler mine and yours does not unfigured early Israel every yet Thriller has to be like a carbon one of the examples is so you see and that's probably what the meant by us Daven by the wall not just avoid this reaction that's true but another look is try to be by the wall why like a carbon now the truth is according to this reason it won't help closing your eyes because it's not a bit of distraction to the end of being by the wall now the only point that I must make is easier said than done you know this seems to say that that's why tables are not a problem but if the problem is what's the difference the logistics are pretty daunting everybody should done by the wall don't worry gimbal it's only Mr and if you can't do it don't do it that's it what can you do you know the music has reserved for those that belong there and the rest of us that happen where you belong now he says if you're distracted Close Your Eyes in other words it's a Milo so you have to know your place just like we said earlier diving behind another person images what are you supposed to do something so again don't worry if you can't you can't you know it's and talk of the those that I'm had there and typically the Russia are either Daven by The Miser but says for the rest of us this is and this is the way to Daven I should also mention what I said earlier the problem of diving behind someone else is but I want to tell you sometimes a person gets too involved with this and it's counterproductive I once witnessed this I finished the happening and there was someone that just started trying so I think it was and another person came to Daven and he took a place in front of the other year that was diving behind him now this year that Mama's lost enough he said no no no she go away the poorly that came to dab and didn't know what hit him he started trying to threat and someone chased them away like he must have done a terrible crime that this man stopped Vanessa to chase him away now what really happened do I understand he found the place he thought was strategic no one's going to be but hit him in the wall and punch someone at the audacity to come and diving in front of him so he took away his Milo so there there you see from kite turns Cronkite I know he's disturbished by an Astra he Disturbed the anime I don't know how the person you know how he know how they have to overcome that but the point is you know a person has to know priorities this is a hither but Alma what is avoiding distraction that yes but that went by the miserable couldn't buy the care or davening and avoiding diving in front of behind someone else those things are generally impossible so leave it for the Russia Aid them again Adam now that is mentioned and that is when someone knows the longest Vanessa don't dab in behind someone that diving's quicker than you because then you end up with a problem because if he's and waits till you finish you're causing him distress he has to wait to finish when he came back up until you finish and just backs up you're causing someone to violate it now the truth is this is a problem which is difficult as it is you know I always say we should have a a section and show you know the slow moving vehicles and the express but until that Ace Ticket comes it's a problem that's difficult as it is but if someone knows that he's going to that belong to an Esra then find a place find the corner find a wall find a beam if you have a beam in build this match that's also a good idea but this is really included you know not that behind someone else now the going says so of course you have to look up desire because because I think the grain tells you their desire says you're not supposed to when the lock of of of of of someone that's diving behind you or walking in front of someone that's diving is on any side of him because you're distracting Israel so they go in is saying behind someone is because you're going to end up violating this of walking in front of someone domination so the way the coin understood the Allah of davening not diving behind someone else is talking to someone that davins long and disturbing someone else so it's all back to the oldest truth a lot of Allah is you start diving behind someone else you know what are you thinking remember once when I was a young buck I was in the camp at the time and Pam came for Shabbos without a camp and I had the front seat because I was the ninth grader and he said after came up he didn't know me he says you know I see you that belongs to Vanessa you have to change your seat you can't you can't dab in here you're disturbing people are walking by so I got my first eviction at a young age but a lesson you don't die when you disturb others and much later on I once asked them what do I do let's say I'm damaged my master and I noticed someone in front of me is waiting to back up he finished now how do you know he's finished Vanessa because he makes a lot of noise he cracks any moans and he groans and he looks you know and he's waiting so what should I do should I Harish my nests or Pam told me he said give me spoke and these words I think so and then he added that words I won't forget Mr benef in other words if you you abbreviate this Minister on the marshmallow will forgive you but if you cause the eats are I'm not so sure very very powerful message but basically in Hillcrest field that's important you know sometimes you see people dabbing by the door by a Hassan I mean like what are you thinking about to go to the and once wouldn't go and the father was yelling at him don't ask him yeah I I at the time I was thinking of a genre of talking Simmons he says if someone dive into he's not supposed to Daven even though it's most Vanessa he says you could just walk right by him and he spelled the more in Sanhedrin if you bury someone where he doesn't belong is that it doesn't answer the place but I'm not because he doesn't belong there so I guess he held the Avenue where you don't belong it's not kind of a claim it sometimes almond says so the better AIDS not everybody walk right by him the first two people pick this Davina up move him to a different place and you continue going now this shows the avalor of the happening when you're disturbing others so that's really the point of like is I think I guess that we could close this part of this of of this sugya with the words of the going and Evan schlama and Tess Bays he says what he thinks that the message of this gemara and I'll quote is the zealous there's been nothing between you and your heart is foreign but that's the real point and purpose of this make every davening Camp because every diving attack accounts the next which is also fascinating to see how will focus on every part of our governing the foreign now the question is why if anything other album Windows mean it opens to the street and you have to see what's doing on the street isn't that distracting so why did the gemara require davening in a show with Windows so positive explains just like Daniel David that's the way you should do it also it's a question it's not so sure it doesn't mean you have to have a window and look out don't look out look and you see them but the windows facing miserable should be a constant reminder a beads connect to miserable however Rashi learns a more practical shot zap Rashi windows if you have a window so you could see the shamai and as we know I guess Rashi means to say Hashem is you know you look at this your mind you look at a you look at a insecty and you see five amended toys was enamored by by the nature by the by the Floyd as a younger man he would down by the window so he would look out so he said young man was cooked rice like why are you looking out so you answered I'm looking in that out I'm looking into the skin so that's that obvious of windows as long as there are windows and a person could look out and see this the big question I rash see is n't there an ishama of looking around during schwein Esther so according to the view but she seemed to say look now during schmanestra so the positive sad is not during swimaster before you start you got to get an extra boost look out and it's one of the Barnum and settlements look out now something like that I mean exactly but you started you know it's like you know bow here and look out here that was built into this tequila before swim after you looked out and you saw the flight room and then you haven't however there's a difference quotes that even during spinster if it's not going well and you need you know a boost a quick boost look outwards and that should help you obviously it's not a violation of this of looking around during Spanish because this is but I found amazing when they were saying on Al Gomorrah he has a different shot in the Gamora why do you have to have Windows Dr Benny young it's very practical if you have a lot of windows it's well lit don't forget those they didn't have lighting so you had sunlight and daylight so when you have a better lit based manager is it's more conducive at davening reminders children when they print this Farm they should use good Printing and good paper because it push it when something is easy it's user friendly you use it I mean could we agrees to those reasons obviously tomorrow says it but he's adding another dimension and it's amazing khazal we're focused on making the davening comfortable I don't know if that's the right word comfortable and I'm not getting a recliner but it should be conducive for davening with Kevon now according to this when those in any part of basement just helps also I should mentioned you have to have the shades open the shades are closed and you don't get any sunlight you're not gaining foreign looking out it's not a problem shot is to get to get extra sunlight into the basement so you think about three reasons in the showing him for Windows in basement address the question is some Souls don't have Windows some stools have Shades that are closed so here's another beautiful part of our sukia if you look again at the lotion of the gemara the lesson seems to be indicating a very big kindness but that's the lesson seem to indicate it seems like it's talking about a person says but he quotes the chubas harambam and I must mention the rambam is in our print and per our door Simmons says this befarish this that the gamara requires Souls having Windows islamed after shoes it's only a person that's we have the the help of the siber you don't need Windows so it's again interesting how every word and it's up the base mayor on our Sim and Simmons he writes interesting lotion it's shocking but he writes foreign you don't need a having windows at all now he does add at the end something which is troubling because the cast of mishna writes this has done true but he also wrote Bassy isiv he also wrote and in Simon said exceed Outlet he says it as if it's a as posit you have to have windows open and foreign someone asked them a question they wanted to have Windows but they actually have opaque windows that are not see-through is that satisfying the sugar so he writes well you have three reasons for the windows let's think according uh the if you have enough light by that window good if not then you're not gaining anything if it's the face you should lie so hopefully you see the image of you shall I am so he says but you know better with B at least make the mizrah vand windows clear but then he is and he also points out that the gemars lotion Alias a mild election so he says basically if you can't do it is actually they have 12 windows and they State Mahaba brings them from the Zoya kodesh so we're not minimizing it but I just want to make a point that in the city that we live in they have open Windows facing to the street and there's nothing inspiring to see in our streets and maybe it's not a good idea for that reason maybe that's why we close the shades we don't want to see the streets maybe in a camp in a bungalow County that with the open windows and you see the employees and boy you see the beauty of the birthstones world it's a mile to open the shades and to try to comply with this but the thing is the the sugya is is teaching us how you make every Daphne work the windows even that's part of our focus and then we go to the next Shiloh where it's coming up the summer and there are a few meeting areas it's called but actually what we call manyana areas along the way to the Catskills places the Daven someone asked is so obviously if it's cold outside or too hot outside and you're not comfortable and you're going to rush up the davening you're going to Daven up a diving like they say so it's not good you know we have to dive in in a comfortable position but let's say the the temperature is right so here we have the next gemara after the lambadan bay speaks about Windows it happens in an open place they have to know the word the word sneeze is not a question of you know sleeve length sneeze as in hats is feeling a Bittle to the screen in a wide open place you know it's like you know wild and Scenic like they say you don't feel you know a certain you know containment you feel open and as well of an FK risk and a Precast oil but even diving in an open place is so wrong obviously a big is loved Africa bigger if the meeting area if this minion is taking place open that would be a violation of this camera in fact tysvis asks yes very nice it's open and you probably there's a dozen to roots in in the shinim and early acronym to explain you know what he was doing all the terrorism but you have to explain diving in a field so it makes the problem a little more severe so how you let it dive in an open area but there's a second shot in Texas tices says maybe the prama is people walking by it's Grand Central Station you can't dive into their distractions oh so it's not outside per se it's a place that is prone to have disturbances and distractions you can understand Allah because you you don't take the Avenue seriously you just start diving do you know that there's no you don't feel that sneeze you don't feel the Amos you're not worrying about distractions so the back and the tasks both have another shot the good space you're not trying to generate Amos Amela that's the problem you don't have a sneeze whatever the case is this is again focusing on cavan Shaw and others say this as well a beautiful because the first gemara tells us get a place that you could see outside because oh so maybe you'll be more inclined adorable let me dive in the wild outdoors I have the mom is dabbing the brainstorms backyard I'm dabbing outside good but not good enough you have a mile you're right dabbing outside there's more there's more students but there's no Amos says a little bit is good Outdoors is no good y Mr Brewer I also have an idea I close my eyes that might help for disturbances but it's not going to help from welcome to this you're still not in a welcome sneeze does say they have no other choice it's because you're not making it work you're not going the extra mile to make it works have no choice they're traveling and traveling the average if you don't give it an extra effort to make it work the Mr Brewer is at least try to find a treated oven next to so at least you feel somewhat contained you're not in the world you're not in the open Outdoors in fact the police can say that I saw in in Simmons Alexian says I have a stickler Riot to that because whatever it is outdoors Terrace is in a tree is somewhat contained so it's it's again amazing that that every part of valdavin has to be done right if you can't find a tree maybe you know if you like these minion ears diving next to a an a a building some need to make it somewhat of a confined area what's also noteworthy the escrow one of them he says that the two problems are diving Outdoors number one the distractions and also that you're not you don't feel Amos so he says the real problem is which again is very relieving because very often we have no choice let's see in this minion area so he says this wanted to be showing him they're diving outdoors with the minion is okay and the tourist crime that I mentioned was but he says it's only birhidis plus the Riff Russian rambam don't quote but if the three primary same don't quote it so this is but what we should say is a Daven indoors now but I'll give you a few examples that something is unavoidable we have the shallow and the baham the camp go on a trip they go on a bus they go wherever they go and they're heading back to camp but they're gonna miss either what should we do they're not going to make it to a business so if you could if you could pull up next to a building let's say one of these manyana areas diving next to the building is one if not dive at least on the trees that's another eight sir and if there's no other Aid samamish we have pull up by the bus down by the bus tackle but if there's no other eight Sammamish we have the head of table a table that davins one adds to the other and it's hopefully will compensate the lack of cavana interesting question for both so that's an interesting uh hakira perhaps because it's outdoors there's nothing on top of us but it's confined so it's it's not Outdoors as far as the sides are concerned but it's Alto as far as I'm above us so it could be that has alamylus you're in the building I mean it's a pretty big building but it is a building is a lot of carry in the MetLife Stadium right so you feel confined but you look upwards says if even there's no roof on top of your head but if there's if you're enclosed by machitzas that are you know decent high enough that will be okay that's why in the camp I go to they have these gazebos that have pretty high makitas gotta have a a tadpole so even though there's open a part of it's open that would be okay for davening now but by covid people diving on the streets that was because there was no other choice obviously I wonder about the case so people down by the coastal that's Mama's Outdoors but maybe that's like yes with your shalayim and uh Maria and all the truths that they were showing him say there's enough kadusha that hopefully compensates for the lack of being confined when someone is traveling air travel again this is our studio now just to Daven any place in the terminal is reckless people looking at you you're not diving with cavana we can't say we're the Daven but find a place to Daven person has a diving at home don't just dive in any place you Daven next to your desk and there's there's a half a dozen things that are just that are distracting and you're catching your attention before every davening make a point of finding the right place to dab them find the right place not to die we disturbs others what I found very good smack their assassin he proved that the word bikes also could be by Hisar a very narrow room and he says the problem is because it's not comfortable you might feel claustrophobic and he says this is like the benign as you saw it about diving in a well-lit room you see how kazawa focused diving in a comfortable basement you shouldn't you shouldn't feel like you know like like you're packed in like sardines you should feel comfortable in the right place the next group of questions is about the actual davening itself which is very much part of abusugia and it's the old question should I dive in with my eyes closed my nestra or Davin from a sid them and basically each have a Milam first of all a sedum typically not always but typically if you're looking in the city with special finger in the place you're connected to the Daven You Don't Drift Off the going had a schooler except it's a school of a cavana and it types the plastic we just laying there mcgillah that will help you avoid bad marshadows okay so there's definitely a Mila and the rum there's a Canaan inside the gimmel both Sailors and that's the fact is helpful some people say every Barack Obama but then again we know that there's an engine of closing Your Eyes by nestro the Zoya writes terrible Orange gym for someone whose eyes are open with eyes closed but then again we saw the Rizal Daven from a siddha Mr quotes from so what do we do so the truth is sometimes a siddha if your eyes are open it's challenging because the truth is when you're looking at the theater you can't keep your eyes only on the city you have you know your size Vision also sometimes you catch your attention someone on your left someone on your right so maybe closing your eyes is better so what do you do if you have mivas on both way so hazals ate sarcastic days none of the above not siddha not closing your eyes look downward now we're really confused now we have three choices so so I think that's the right answer every person has a different nature some people look in the system it's very good for them they're connected they don't look around when they dive with their eyes closed they're putting themselves on autopilot and they start going you know and it doesn't it's not with the same cover on them when you see a word you live the word some people are Punk forget when they die from a siddha it's very much something they close their eyes and they could connect more to the dampening and I I think every person has to know himself and even every person you know a different day maybe today say this better maybe tomorrow close your eyes is better but it's interesting you'll look at the post game you'll see this message foreign some quote that reason even though it's questionable that the result always use the Sid the except for schwannaster is it a theorem I don't think so it's a person's nature and what I thought the bet with the the best of the is Bayes he says he thinks a sid is better but even better than that is switch off given to us today next week close your eyes you know at least the first time it goes good see saying even the same person switch off now what you switch off because again sometimes a today person is a little attractive there's a lot of business going on if he closes eyes it's not so good maybe today I'll use a system he closes eyes is better you know once the focus is to make it count and to make it work then you work then it works so the embassies you have 3 8 is looking downward you see both to see the screener as they State nigamara closing your eyes is one connection using a sid there's one connection the Icke is do the best you can I should also mention some people are worried they used to sit there because the Zoya says a terrible Irish if you if your eyes are not closed so I advise you look at this area and the lotion I quote the terrible honest man the podcast or it doesn't look downward so the zoy is not insisting eyes closed period he's saying you're not taking the right precautions in the Avenue so Libya Emily if looking downward is acceptable Medina Gamora says that really when a person is he has to either close his eyes or he can't learn because initial closing your eyes focusing your gaze fixing your gaze someplace is like closing your eyes so if you're looking into Sid them that's like closing your eyes and last but not least a person should not be holding anything during The Happening this is because you're concentrating on the item you have to you might drop it you might it might fall and you're not catching on YouTube it's also not respectful you come in front of a king holding an item they're not asking you know what's the hector maybe you shouldn't they're asking how could you hold the magazine so they all say since it's environment you're not focusing on the mouse you're focusing and darwining wonderful but the fact that they two of the cadmainim had to struggle with this and the secondary devote Steve Bays subject above sea base to being mate they're holding a sitter is marshmall that we have to know what we're doing you know to be a luck and tough Race pay gimbal says really we should put back to say for Toya by poor morning after the Magilla hold like we hold about after but the person holding you save a third not gonna have cavana by the mcgilla so the point is something that's distracting is two places about how old is something tonight holding something during The Happening and it's certainly Beyond me how people hold children during the evening they shouldn't be a child in the first place but he's disturbing so you hold them by Israel clear violation but it's obviously much worse and that is a phone a cell phone during the evening disturbs others disturbs oneself I put it on vibrating so what do they mean vibrating that means you want to know what's doing on his cell phone but certainly I think the most important Allah is focus and every year then every davening from so many different gamoras we see one thing avoid distractions and make every day of an account because every diving does count I didn't talk to you just we learned today as sugya from a number of gamara is interesting about avoiding distractions before davening that's a preventive medicine pictures artwork that we saw the rambam and toys this this base like the Rama holders based on the camera that diving next to the wall is loved after by the wall but it's avoiding something seeing something during the evening pictures of people is totally inappropriate and assured even of a speaker that's certainly not a justification at all should not be done it's wrong in a basement the question is it also to dive in front of a picture when your eyes are closed or it's above the eye level some tackle it's taka USA we try to prove that it's not an isamamish it's just it's a distraction of it but when a person's at home in front of a picture in front of a mirror we saw their advises is in front of a mirror although some are Michael but the meaning is definitely by a window could be is not as bad as we said by someone just to point it out to me when you have a a one a one-way window it also casts that reflection and taka it's a problem because sometimes you're dabbling in that direction so this would be the same head it's not a mirror mamish and yes the hot club anything that's less than a mirror behind someone else but that's for those that are hard and everything else so they have that keyboard but if it's for the rest of us we haven't and make the dabbing account wherever we are literature on the table in school at home which distracting should be removed that's Mama's our looking by spinestra find the right place wherever it is in a plane find the right place that investment ishul should have Windows but we for three different reasons because of the you're still facing shalayim the kavan of looking out and basically the fact that it's good lighting but we also saw limbo scores maybe it's only but not perceived there's a mile of having open shades by davening if the street is not a distracting scene if it's an inspiring scene but if it's not done again back to the same you saw it could be it's only a din in a yacht the Ikea by the mizrah there should be Windows if possible avoiding dabbing Outdoors if you have to have an outdoors either by a tree by a building next to the bus if that's practical a minion area which atiba davans we have another hat to some states only by a Yorkshire minion that has a enclosure like a a stadium or the like or gazebo was okay but in person no other choice and the airport or diving at home or by has to find a place that doesn't disturb others and you're not Disturbed as well there are three choices of how to damage by an S serum either with your eyes closed looking in a sitter or looking down on the ground the ickes make it work and certain don't hold any items during the Daven