Atone with the iPhone.
A new iPhone application pictured allows users to type personal prayers into their phones, which are printed out by a rabbi in Jerusalem and placed in the Western Wall, just in time for Yom Kippur.
iPhoning Jews heed God’s Call
Atone with the iPhone.
A new iPhone application pictured allows users to type personal prayers into their phones, which are printed out by a rabbi in Jerusalem and placed in the Western Wall, just in time for Yom Kippur.
The mobile-app “Send a Prayer” is run by Jewish Web site Chabad.org and mobile-development firm Munera, and costs 99 cents.
More than 1,000 prayers have been sent on a virtual pilgrimage since the app was launched before Rosh Hashanah — 10 percent of them from the New York City area.
“Everything in this world was created for a divine purpose. All forms of modern technology can and should be harnessed to make the world a better place,” explained Meir Simcha Kogan of Chabad.
One can also send a prayer to the grave of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson in Cambria Heights, Queens. A rabbi prints and delivers prayers.
And you don’t have to be one of the chosen people to participate — all denominations are allowed to take part.
“There is definitely a new generation of young people searching for meaning and ways to come closer to God,” Kogan said.
