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Fallen into the "either/or" camp, my man?

Judaism teaches that we are to pray to God alone. We can pray for the dead, but we are prohibited to pray to the dead.

What about the idea of God providing for our needs in superabundance?

What about it?

What about the idea of God providing for our needs in superabundance?

What about it?

Joining the saints in prayer is God's way of making sure we never have to pray alone. And if 2 or 3 and together, Christ is present. So no one person ever has to pray alone.

No, we don't "need" it. It's not a "necessity."

"Judaism teaches that we are to pray to God alone. We can pray for the dead, but we are prohibited to pray to the dead."

I'll get back to the argument about Mary, later. I wanted to ask you about this. First, wihtout doubt Judaism allows for (indeed, doesn't it command?) prayer for the dead. Isn't a practicing Jew supposed to do something called the Kaddish(sp) on Yom Kippur.

Now, about the praying to the dead. I read somewhere, just recently, of an ancient Jewish custom whereby during something called the Days of Awe(days which I believe fall between Yom Kippur and Rosh Hoshannah) Jews used to ask the dead to pray to God for them. Do you know anything about this?