[Avodah] answered tfilos

[T613K at aol.com]

From: _Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org_ (mailto:Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org) 


http://havolim.blogspot.com/2010/11/toldos-breishis-2521-vayeiaseir-lo.html 
 
what is the price/nisayon that  tfilos that are answered comes  with...
 

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This was an unusually interesting essay about the effects and sometimes  
unintended consequences of having one's tefillos answered, well worth  reading.
 
It's a long essay but I won't summarize or comment on it.  I will,  
however, say that when we daven for something we desperately  want, we should pay 
heed to the wording of the Rosh Chodesh  bentshing:  "Sheyimal'u mish'alos 
libeinu LETOVAH." 
 
That can mean saying, "Ribono shel olam, if You know that what I want won't 
 be good for me or won't be good for Klal Yisrael  -- then don't give it to 
 me."  Or, "Don't give it to me right now or don't give it to me in exactly 
 the way I want, but answer me in the time and in the manner that will be  
good."
 
It can mean saying, "Ribono shel olam, You did not give me what I so  
desperately wanted, but I accept Your will and I know that in some way I don't  
presently understand, You did what You knew was best for me and for the  
world."

--Toby Katz
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