THE HEART OF PRAYER – 17th Tammuz, 5769
The Baal Shem Tov’s Teachings on Prayer
Section 4a(4)
G-d longs for the words of prayer.
In my distress I called upon the L-rd, and cried to my G-d; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry before Him came unto His ears. (Psalms 18:7)
Speech is called a “temple.” You should pray only for your words to come before -. Then, all the heavenly gatekeepers will leave you alone. For example, when a simple villager carries the king’s seal, though he is unfit to enter before the king, the guards rush him in. For the king longs for his seal, and they want him to delight in it quickly.
So too, G-d longs for the words [of prayer]. This is the meaning of: “from His Temple, He heard my voice” – that is, on account of the words of prayer.
Ohr Torah, Likutim, p. 54a
Translation and Commentary by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Shore
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