{"id":27923,"date":"2010-09-15T15:30:25","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-kippur\/why_tefilah_doesn\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T05:12:10","slug":"why_tefilah_doesnt_mean_prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/why_tefilah_doesnt_mean_prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tefilah Doesn\u2019t Mean Prayer: Redefining our Relationship with God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the nature of tefillah\u00a0(prayer) &#8211;\u00a0are we trying to change God&#8217;s mind? How does God&#8217;s midat harachamim (attribute of mercy) work &#8211; why isn&#8217;t it a perversion of justice? 5 terms for tefillah.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil. 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