2007-12-22 11:06:46 · 4 answers · asked by David M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's purely a custom. As Gershon said, it does help one concentrate. I think of it as a meditative practice which engages the whole body, a sort of Jewish "yoga".
2007-12-22 16:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by SheyneinNH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awhile back, I read on the Chabad site that there is a loose blood vessel in the brain that stimulates the transfer of information from chochmah (wisdom) to binah (understandiing.) I tried to find it again, but couldn't.
This was discovered in about the 1500's as I recall.
I suspect most do because everyone else does, but it does help me focus when I davan and when I study.
Shalom,
Gershon
2007-12-22 11:40:39 · answer #2 · answered by Gershon b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/
http://www.askmoses.org
2007-12-22 11:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are kind of impatient to get it over with I think.
2007-12-22 11:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋