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Vayeira 5776Volume 11 · Issue 6
Prayer from the Heart
…is how it was throughout the world until Avraham.” The implication is that something new began at this point. “Avraham came and he was commanded in addition to these regarding circumcision and he prayed the Morning Prayer. Yitzchak separated tithes and added a different prayer at the turn of the day. Yaakov added [the commandment regarding] the dislocated sinew and prayed the Evening Prayer. In Egypt, Amram (following the printed version of the Rambam) was commanded regarding
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Vayechi 5750Volume 14 · Issue 15
From Redemption to Prayer
When we pray the Shemoneh Esrei Prayer, we stand before the Creator and begin with the Blessing of the Fathers. The Talmud states, “From where do we know to recite the Blessing of the Fathers? It is from what it says, “Present to God, sons
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Vayeira 5752Volume 15 · Issue 8
Prayer of Royalty
From Sodom, we received kingship and prayer, which are essentially the same. David, King of Israel, says of himself (Tehillim 109:4), “In return for my love, they accuse me, but I am prayer.” He identifies himself not as one who prays but as prayer itself
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Naso 5765Volume 1 · Issue 14
Torah and Prayer
The Talmud asks, If it depends on mercy, “what does he teach” when he says that one should increase his studies?—that one without the other is insufficient.” Meaning, both increased Torah study and prayer are necessary to attain Torah wisdom.
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Chayei Sarah 5761Volume 21 · Issue 9
Home of Prayer
Prayer of Inauguration
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Vayigash 5762Volume 22 · Issue 13
Illuminated Prayer
The warden was skeptical. “Who can prove to me that this is true, that I will be saved with this prayer?”
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Chayei Sarah 5762Volume 22 · Issue 7
Catalyst of Prayer
Prayer of the Righteous
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Chayei Sarah 5767Volume 3 · Issue 10
Foundation of Prayer
Elsewhere, Rabbeinu Bachyei writes that prayer rises on High through the Me’aras HaMachpelah, and many of our masters concur (Megaleh Amukos 220, 247; Rama MiPano, Ma’amar Me’ah Kesitah 30). His wording here also alludes to this. He writes, “From there, the souls merit connecting
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Chayei Sarah 5768Volume 4 · Issue 8
Fathers of Prayer
association with them is only through what they left us. Aside from certain ordinances recorded of them in the Torah, which do not bear their name, they bequeathed to us one ordinance that does bear their name: prayer. As the Talmud states (Berachos 26b), “The Fathers instituted the prayers.” They are the ones who bequeathed to us prayer, and our three prayers are from them.
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Ki Sisa-Parah 5769Volume 5 · Issue 21
Essence of Prayer
Father, to Your Torah.” From this, we distanced ourselves through sin, and to this, we need to return. Prior to the miracle of Purim, however, the return to the Torah did not occur. Still, their repentance and prayer were effective, and the miracle was performed for them, even without their reacceptance of the Torah.
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Behaaloscha 5773Volume 9 · Issue 31
Impetus of Prayer
The Talmud (Megillah 17b) explains the sequence of the Shemoneh Esrei Prayer. Of the last three of the middle blessings—the Building of Jerusalem, the Davidic Reign, and the Hearing of Prayer
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וירא תשנ”במהדורא ט״ו · ענין ח׳
תפלה של מלכות
היסוד של כלל ישראל בראשית מדובר על שלשה חורבנות גדולים, דהיינו החורבן הגדול של המבול והחורבן של…
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נשא תשס”המהדורא א׳ · ענין י״ד
תורה ותפילה
מה יעשה אדם ויחכם בגמ' סוף מס' נדה בתוך השאלות ששאלו אנשי אלכסנדריא לר' יהושע בן חנניא (דף ע'…
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תולדות תש"סמהדורא כ׳ · ענין י״א
תפלה שלימה
הכח של ישמעאל דר"א (פרק ל"ב), ולמה נקרא שמו ישמעאל, שעתיד הקב"ה לשמוע בקול נאקת העם (גם מובא בלשונות…
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נשא תשע”גמהדורא ט׳ · ענין ל׳
קיום בתפלה
אסרו חג בגמ' (סוכה דף מ"ה ע"ב) אמר רבי ירמי' משום רבי שמעון בן יוחי כו' כל העושה איסור לחג…
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בהעלותך תשע”גמהדורא ט׳ · ענין ל״א
התעוררות תפלה
קבלת התורה והתפלה השבועות קבלנו גם תורה וגם תפלה, דזהו זמן מתן תורתינו וזהו יום לידתו של דוד המלך…
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Vayeira 5750Volume 14 · Issue 8
Hand in Hand
Let us continue the subject of the Fathers and prayer, which are one subject, as the Talmud states (Berachos 26b), “The Fathers instituted the prayers.” We explained from the Maharal that this is how the Fathers remain within us. They instituted the prayers and thereby left themselves by us.
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Lech Lecha 5776Volume 12 · Issue 7
Unnatural Catastrophe
And in times of distress, the obligation to pray is Biblical according to all opinions. The Rambam (Hilchos Tefillah 1:1-2) maintains that there is a Biblical commandment to pray every day. But one may fulfill this obligation with any prayer, any request. The Ramban (Sefer HaMitzvos, Aseh 5) argues at length and maintains that there
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Toldos 5760Volume 20 · Issue 11
Means of Bonding
The sages divide the name Yishmael into yishma Eil, the Lord will hear. They explain that he was so named because his acts against us at the End of Days will cause us to cry out in prayer, and then, “The Lord will hear, yishma Eil, and answer them” (Tehillim 55:20; Pirkei D’Rebbi Eliezer chapter 32).
