Kavanah is the "attention", "focus", "intensity", and "directedness of the heart" with which prayer is ideally approached. A person who prays with kavanah fills his/her words with the full depth of concern and intention about their meaning. (The opposite extreme would be rote recitation of written prayers without thinking about what one is saying.) See Kavanah.
devout concentration and intent, as in prayer and the observance of the *mitzvos
intention, concentration. While davening one should try to daven with intense kavanah.
("intention"): 1. the intention or ideas with which one meditatively imbues his actions. 2. a specific idea so used.
(kuh-VAH-nuh; kah-vah-NAH) Concentration, intent. The frame of mind required for prayer or performance of a mitzvah.
