A technique for reducing stress and instilling calm inner peace is to focus on a specific emotional concern and then meditate to gradually free the mind and heart. The meditation that we will use has its source in the Jerusalem Talmud in a reflective prayer by Rabbi Tanhum son of Scholasticus and a similar prayer in the Babylonian Talmud by Rabbi Alexandri. We will compare the prayer printed in the haggadot to be used as a focus during the mitzvah of burning hametz. The directives are remarkably similar to the formulations of the well known 12 step Program.
