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When prayer becomes impossible due to spiritual dryness

During davening yesterday I suddenly felt like I was praying to nothing and the emptiness was so complete I couldn't finish the service.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The capacity for devotional connection has temporarily vanished, leaving the practitioner in a desert of spiritual barrenness.

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