[Avodah] Mi Sheberach for a Non-Jew

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 9/3/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
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> I don't understand RZS's (or should I say RYBS's and R' Hutner's)
> problem.
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> Isn't /every/ tefillah granted because of the zekhus of the tefillah
> itself? It's not like we can wheedle or beg Hashem to give anything but
> "gam zu letovah".
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> Rather, as RYBS and RSRH write, tefillah changes the mispallel into
> someone who warrants different treatment. Thus the hitpa'el conjugation
> of "lehispalel".
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> Tir'u baTov!
> -mi
>
> --
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I concur AND would like to add:

> That the fact that a TZIBBUR is mispallel adds a level of Zechus and
> expectation.  Isn't there some source iirc that says something like "a
> Tzibbur is never completely denied a bakasha"?
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> OTOH the silent portions of Yizkor that are said privately might NEED a
> nedava to get enough zechus...
>


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