Stand In The Corner
Now it doesn’t mean that when you’re in shul, that’s the only time. I’ll tell you something that you’ll think is a queer thing but it’s good advice so I’ll say it anyhow. Even not in shul, not on Yom Kippur; on a regular Tuesday afternoon if you’ll stand in a corner when nobody is around and you’ll say, “Avinu.” Say it again and again. Say it a hundred times. And it’s going to sink in after a while. The next day do it again. But this time say “Malkeinu.” A hundred times. And not just to rattle it off. You’re saying it slowly and you’re thinking what the words mean.
It’s a very effective way. We learned that from Reb Yisroel Salanter, zichrono livracha. He says that when you repeat the great ideas, when you say these words over and over and you listen to what you’re saying so in the course of time it’s going to sink in. And so if you mean business, that’s the way to do it. Say it till you mean it. It’s worth the effort.
