New York City – You could mistake it for a typical New York City phone booth. But instead of an image of a phone, the side panels depict folded hands – and the word “prayer” instead of “telephone.” Oh, and there’s a flip-down kneeler.
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The Public Prayer Booth was conceived by Dylan Mortimer, a recent graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts who lives in Kansas City.
The 29-year-old said he wanted to spark dialogue about prayer.
The public installation is sponsored by the city’s Arts in the Park program.
A pair of the booths can be found near the entrance to the Roosevelt Island tram in midtown Manhattan until Dec. 7.
Jackson, Tenn., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, also have Mortimer Prayer Booths.
I Demand foot baths all over our fair city! Kosher vending machines in the subway, and last but not least …..Mormon underwear featured on the cover of the jc penney catalog.
And i demand a prayer shawl and Teillin at the prayer stall.
Excellent idea when I need to daven mincha before.shkia.do u think I can find a minyan by the prayer booth
frumme yidden have been doing mincha in phone booths and by phone stands since the public telephone was invented
G-E-V-A-L-D-I-G!!!! Moshiach Is On His Way!
I didnt notice any room to spead out the magic carpet???
what does this have with moshiach!
This idea doesn’t have a prayer to be successful. Has he forgotten about seperation of shul and state?
do you have to pay the quarter?
I think this harks back to the שיטה of רבינו אברהם בן הרמב”ם who thought that we Jews should restore full bowing to the prayers of י”ח in order to fulfill the מצוה of להשתחות לפני ייי. Perhaps it is time to join our Muslim brothers in praying in the correct fashion ויבוא כל בשר להשתחות לפני אמר ייי
if goyim are praying there is it muttar to daven there???
What direction do the booths face? Jerusalem? Salt Lake City? Mecca – CH”V? if the idea ever catches on, be careful what direction you pray in. though you can always have in mind to face yerushalayim in your heart, Its pretty easy to figure out mizrach in NYC.
i once davened mincha at an airport phone booth although the phone was out of order.
in the meantime a line formed outside the phone booth waiting for me to finish. they were in shock when they realized the phone was out of order.
does it face East? why the kneeling??? Just for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?
Hey Is there a vending machine there for overnight kugel? Or a rapid dialer to call up 10 folks who live in the area?
Do they face Mizrach???
All joking aside, isnt it nice that people are davening to הקב”ה?
WHy does one need a phone booth to be able to daven? Daven ANYWHERE!
does it face mizrach??
Nothing new. they have these prayer booths that are all over the streets in India, only there they have a small avodah zara’le inside.
I have also done the phone booth mincha before and even once davened inside a gap store while borrowing a hat from the shelf…
scary in america