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He explains that the reason for this is because the foreign thoughts that fall to most people aren't truly 'foreign', but thoughts that come from the person themselves - meaning these thoughts have already occurred to the person in the past and are now just rising and surfacing. Therefore, there's no point in fighting with the foreign thoughts that arise, rather the way to deal with them is simply to replace them with other thoughts.

To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer.

To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer<ref>Igrot Kodesh Volume 9, Letter #2,875 </ref>

== In Chassidic Folklore ==

In Chassidic stories, it appears that one of the Polish chassidim asked the Rebbe Maharash why chassidim don't daven quickly to shorten the time of davening and 'escape' from the foreign thoughts that arise during davening. He compared it to Jews traveling in a wagon when boys start throwing stones at them - surely the advice in such a case would be to whip the horses and flee the place.

The Rebbe answered: This advice is correct when the boys are chasing after the wagon, but when they've managed to climb onto the wagon, it won't help to whip the wagon and speed up its journey. Rather, one must stop the wagon, struggle with them, and drive them away.

The Rebbe answered: This advice is correct when the boys are chasing after the wagon, but when they've managed to climb onto the wagon, it won't help to whip the wagon and speed up its journey. Rather, one must stop the wagon, struggle with them, and drive them away<ref>Naftali Tzvi Gottlieb, Pearls of the Crown - Prayer, page 357</ref>.

== Further Reading ==

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- Reb Nota Gerlitzky, How Should I Speak with the Mashpia About Foreign Thoughts That I Have? Kfar Chabad Weekly Issue 2089 page 86 (1985)

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 He explains that the reason for this is because the foreign thoughts that fall to most people aren't truly 'foreign', but thoughts that come from the person themselves - meaning these thoughts have already occurred to the person in the past and are now just rising and surfacing. Therefore, there's no point in fighting with the foreign thoughts that arise, rather the way to deal with them is simply to replace them with other thoughts.
-To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer.
+To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer<ref>Igrot Kodesh Volume 9, Letter #2,875 </ref>
 == In Chassidic Folklore ==
 In Chassidic stories, it appears that one of the Polish chassidim asked the Rebbe Maharash why chassidim don't daven quickly to shorten the time of davening and 'escape' from the foreign thoughts that arise during davening. He compared it to Jews traveling in a wagon when boys start throwing stones at them - surely the advice in such a case would be to whip the horses and flee the place.
-The Rebbe answered: This advice is correct when the boys are chasing after the wagon, but when they've managed to climb onto the wagon, it won't help to whip the wagon and speed up its journey. Rather, one must stop the wagon, struggle with them, and drive them away.
+The Rebbe answered: This advice is correct when the boys are chasing after the wagon, but when they've managed to climb onto the wagon, it won't help to whip the wagon and speed up its journey. Rather, one must stop the wagon, struggle with them, and drive them away<ref>Naftali Tzvi Gottlieb, Pearls of the Crown - Prayer, page 357</ref>.
 == Further Reading ==
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 - Reb Nota Gerlitzky, How Should I Speak with the Mashpia About Foreign Thoughts That I Have? Kfar Chabad Weekly Issue 2089 page 86 (1985)
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