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And Rabbainu, o.b.m., said: Even the sitting itself — sitting in a special room alone — this too is very good. Yet even so, even if one does not merit to have a special room, even so one can engage in hisbodidus and speak between oneself and one's Maker. And Rabbainu, o.b.m., said that he himself had engaged in hisbodidus under his tallis — that he would wrap himself in his tallis and speak between himself and his Maker under the tallis. And I myself heard from his holy mouth that even when he walked in the marketplace among people, he was able to engage in hisbodidus between himself and his Maker and speak much. And when I expressed wonder at this, he explained to me that it is not at all difficult to do hisbodidus in the marketplace among people. Rather, he would speak inwardly in his heart and think what to say, and this itself constitutes hisbodidus — for the essence is the arousal of the heart, as he explained. And he spoke about this at length and at various times, how very great is hisbodidus and conversation between oneself and one's Maker. And he urged it many times with great arousal. And it is all explained at length in the books.