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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). Insecurity of Freedom, p.260, Macmillan
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). Insecurity of Freedom, p.260, Macmillan

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