Good afternoon, and a gutten Chodesh Kislev to each of you. Over the past month and a half, every single one of us have been tasked to navigate a vast array of feelings, emotions and tests of faith, the likes of which most of us have never experienced before. The task...
Chazal teach us that the power of prayer is not a matter of kavanah as much as it is our emunah in the efficacy of our prayer and in its intrinsic strength.
What an honor! What a privilege! What a responsibility! Hashem chose us to serve Him and to learn His Torah, and He gives us the Torah anew each day. Therefore, when we say this powerful bracha, we have the ability to feel that we are standing at Har Sinai receiving the Torah amidst the same great thunder and fire. What an incredible concept.
This is Yiddishkeit in a nutshell, ladies and gents. Read, reap & repeat.