The term devekut is often rendered in English as “cleaving.” Alas, using an English term that is not part of common speech hardly clarifies the experience being described.
ABSORBED BY their ‘devekut’-filled prayer, they did not see the mayor and his party approach the ark. (Pictured: an ark in an Efrat synagogue)(photo credit: GERSHON ELINSON/FLASH90)ByLEVI COOPER
