[Avodah] efficacy of prayer

[Micha Berger]

Remember being a child, and your father just yelled at you, and you
aren't quite clear what you did wrong, but then, when the scolding is
over, you need a hug just to know that everything is okay between you?

Tefillah in a time of troubles, is about reaching out to Hashem when you
feel alone. IMHO, it isn't an exception to "Al tehi ke'avadim hameshamshim
es harav al menas leqabeil peras".

So, to answer the woman's question in a way that is senstitive to her
pain: The efficacy of the prayer is in the reaching out to G-d itself.

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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