לזכות עדינה בת שבע בת נעכא גיטל לבריאות השלימה
"אמרי האזינה השם בינה הגיגי" [תהילים ה-ב]
"אמרי האזינה השם בינה הגיגי" [תהילים ה-ב]
"Give ear to my words, Hashem; consider my meditation."
We are very fortunate that Hashem
listens to our tefillos. The idolators pray but they make the fatal mistake of הגשמה
– ascribing physical, human attributes to the Creator. They believe that when
they pray, it causes Hashem to change his mind. This is horrible heresy. The
pasuk cries אני ה' לא שיניתי. Hashem doesn't change. So their
prayers are abominable.
In contrast, we daven with the
understanding that Hashem never changes. When Hashem created the world, He
established that His truest will is consistent with the desires of the Jewish
people. So our will – רצון
התחתון – mirrors
Hashem's will – רצון
העליון. Our will
comes from the עלמא דיחודא – the world of unity, where
there is no change and everything is a reflection of the will of Hashem. The
desires of the idolaters comes from the עלמא דפירודא
– the world of separation, where this world and one's desires are separate from
Hashem, chas vi-shalom.
The pasuk says מסיר אזנו משמוע תורתו גם תפילתו תועבה. If one avoids hearing Torah [literally "removes his ears"],
his tefilla is also an abomination.
Why? Just because he doesn't learn,
why should that necessitate that his tefilla is blemished??
The answer is profound. The Torah
existed before the world came into being. When we daven, we are trying to
connect our will – רצון התחתון
- to the will of Hashem as explicated in the Torah
– רצון העליון. If one is not tapped into the
Torah then his requests will be from the עלמא דפירודא – the world
of disunity. That means that he will ask for things that Hashem doesn't want to
give him [because they are not in accordance with the will of the Torah] which
would necessitate a change in the Divine will. THEREIN LIES THE ABOMINATION.
So it is not a simple matter of not
learning which makes one's tefillos abominable but the fact that a non-learners
prayers will be an appeal to change in the Divine will. THAT is an abomination.
Wow!!
So now we understand the pasuk אמרי האזינה השם בינה הגיגי – Hashem listen to my words, look into my thoughts. As Jews,
we are worthy of Hashem answering our tefillos because they reflect what Hashem
Himself really wants for us.
Bi-lashon Rabbeinu:
