Partners In Prayer - Siddur

  In honor of the Refuah Shlaima of Ruchama Aviva Bas Shaina Chana Praying for all When I heard this concept, the  question arose for me, how can I fulfill this Mitzvah, especially if this is a Halacha,  if the “ choleh ”  we are davening for is in a state of illness  in which they are unable to speak, or respond? I then remembered how Dovid Hamelech expressed himself, his neshama as a Tefilla. “ואני תפילתי”  I am a Tefillah.  A tefillah, is the highest expression of a human being through speech and articulation. A Neshama is etched from Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Therefore the capacity to daven is not bound by a physical limitation.  So therefore I say “ Ado- nai ”!! - My Master… Sifasay Tiftach , You are the source of all that opens my lips, “ Ufee Yagid Tehillasecha ”  and then my mouth will express Your Tehillos” So i therefore ask You Hashem, Who is The Master of my Neshama, “ Adon Kol Hanishamos ” Master of ALL the Neshamos , “help me daven in...

  שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֥י כָשַׁ֖לְתָּ בַּעֲוֺנֶֽךָ  (Hoseah,14:2- Haftara of Shabbos Shuva) Return, O Israel, to the [Hashem] your God, For you have fallen, stumbled because of your sin. Why are you doing Teshuvah ? Do I need a Navie to tell me to do Teshuvah because I sinned? What does the word עַ֖ד mean in the verse? עַ֖ד means to come toward.  Therefore, שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Return, O Israel, is an invitation to reach toward Hashem, and not because you sinned but because you are down, so therefore the Navie says ,"just start the process".  If you are only doing Teshuvah because we are down it is still okay and that is this Nevuah, prophecy.  That is why many people use this intention of coming toward Hashem, שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ when taking the three steps up in Shmone Esray , the Amidah prayer. First step: I am getting an invitation..שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל, Return O Israel.  Hashem is reaching His hand...

Ultimately, there are 24 gates for the Amidah Prayer;  and the Migaleh Amukos  speaks about it when talking about this verse: וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י כַּֽדְכֹד֙ שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ לְאַבְנֵ֣י אֶקְדָּ֑ח וְכָל־גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְ לְאַבְנֵי־חֵֽפֶץ (Isaiah 54:12) I will make your battlements of rubies, Your gates of precious stones, The whole encircling wall of gems. כַּֽדְכֹד֙ as the numerical value of twenty-four  twice.  “Learn how to use the twenty-four, find ways to go on the journey of the twenty-four, especially if you're in a situation of “Aniya Soara” … when you are feeling like, “I'm in a storm of suffering”. The way I do it -- and it's not authoritative -- is that I take one step; and I picture myself about to enter the palace. I have to have the courage to push open that first gate. And I understand that this means there's responsibility that comes with stepping through the open gate, which is the responsibility to face my Creator, to face myself, to face my inadequ...

Suppose that I could map out all the different issues I have to face. Additionally, I understand that because Yerushalayim itself, and the Bais Hamikdosh specifically, and the Avoda in the Bais Hamikdosh, actually gives me a way to manage everything in front of me. But, don’t suppose because this is the truth! Therefore, if I use the Shmone Esray properly I can figure out a Messila L'elokaynu , a defined path through all the issues I'm dealing with, until I can articulate it well -- which would be The Journey… our journey. This is the Nechama that can come from every time I daven Shmone Esray. The way I articulate in how I express myself is so important in the same way that it is so important when listening to someone to carefully hear how they are phrasing and describing something… until you really understand and therefore can guide them on a path to be able to deal with whatever it is they are feeling. That's what Yerushalayim does. And, that's what the Shmone Esray i...

Today my three steps back allowed me to experience a sense of  consolation. I don't have to hide from my mistakes I don't have to feel "guilty" I can face "myself" with my Creator.       Who knows me!        Who invited me to talk to Him! I see it as  my time to begin to take responsibility .. and actively  distance myself from those parts of me that have held me back  from being  "Me" ...   So I invite Hashem to walk with me as I  place  the  limitations in a domain that has nothing to do with "Me"  I now  run up to Him responding to His invitation to come close to Him.   And... I  call Him "My Master" in a whole new way.. .

Are there times that you have gone through without making a “deal”? When a deal happens do you say, “finally”? Or .. Do you say, “Ok, this is good!  Now I am alive!  I am moving..? Does it give you that little kicker? That is Zerizus..(Opportunity Maximizing) It is the gift of Zerizus. That's a gift of “Ado-nai. Sifasai Tiftach”.   It is a wonderful way to pray for somebody for Parnassa.. Ideas shared from Machberes Avodas Hashem