Jewish meditation
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Jewish meditation includes practices of settling the mind, introspection, visualization, emotional insight, contemplation of divine names, or concentration on philosophical, ethical or mystical ideas.
Meditative Kabbalah Shiviti with Kabbalistic names of God
Hasidic prayer often emphasizes emotional dveikut (cleaving to God), especially through attachment to the Tzaddik.
Breslov Hasidim spend time in secluded communication of their heart to God. In Jewish communities they often seek this solitude in Nature at night.
Chabad differed from mainstream Hasidism in its preparation for prayer by intellectual contemplation of Hasidic philosophy.
Hitbodedut
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Hitbodedut or hisbodedus refers to practices of self-secluded Jewish meditation. The term was popularized by Nachman of Breslov to refer to an unstructured, spontaneous, and individualized form of pra
Jewish meditation
…be separate from prayer practices. Jewish mystics have viewed meditation as leading to devekut (cleaving to God). Hebrew terms for meditation include hitbodedut (or hisbodedus, literally "self-seclusion") or hitbonenut/hisbonenus ("contemplation"). Through the centuries, meditation practices have been developed…
Breslover Hasid practicing hitbodedut in the Jerusalem Forest. Hitbodedut can be performed indoors or amidst nature, and alternatively at night.