Kavanah begins with davening. But the idea of being present and intentional can reach into other moments too. Thoughts on focus, phones, distraction, and making room for what matters.
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein and Mint Media imagine every phone notification during davening as a real person standing in front of you — and then ask the question that actually matters.
Read Post →When a sefer that is still perfectly usable ends up in a shaimos bin, someone else loses a chance to learn from it. There is another option, and it belongs to any of us.
Read Post →One simple suggestion may turn Kavanah Pouch from something you own into something you actually remember to use every morning.
Read Post →The phone may be silent. We may never touch it. But does simply having it next to the sefer change where part of our attention goes?
Read Post →Two people can sit across from one another for an entire meal without checking a phone. And yet the phones may still be part of the conversation.
Read Post →We usually think about kavanah in the context of davening. But what does it mean to give our attention to the people sitting right in front of us?
Read Post →Yesterday, the first Kavanah Pouch was delivered — to a home in Lakewood, New Jersey. A quiet arrival, and a meaningful one.
Read Post →Before every empty moment could be filled with a screen, car rides gave us something we seem to have less of today: unplanned time.
Read Post →You pick up the phone to check one thing. Somehow, twenty minutes later, you are still scrolling.
Read Post →Kavanah Pouch was created for anyone trying to give more attention to davening. That includes the quiet moments of tefillah that happen at home, at work, and in the women’s section of shul.
Read Post →The first Kavanah Pouches have officially shipped — a small but meaningful milestone for a product created to help people daven with fewer distractions and more kavanah.
Read Post →Kavanah Pouch made its first sale today. One order, one pouch, one customer — and a meaningful first step toward helping people daven with fewer distractions and more kavanah.
Read Post →The story behind Kavanah Pouch — a simple signal-blocking phone pouch created to help people daven with fewer distractions and more kavanah.
Read Post →A real box of Kavanah Pouches just arrived from the factory. After months of designing, sampling, and waiting, the first batch is here and ready to ship.
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