[Avodah] simanim and their effects....

[Micha Berger]

I'm not clear what your question is, but here is how I relate to simanim...

The iqar is to ask HQBH for a shanah tovah umsuqah. As in any tefillah,
not because begging G-d for things ought to get you something He wouldn't
have otherwise thought was what your life needed. But because by turning
to Him with your needs, you become a person who is more likely to benefit
from more aid rather than more challenges. Thus lehispallel is famously
in hitpa'el, something the person praying does to himself.

If you ask Hashem for that shanah tovah umsuqah with the aid of a gesture,
the baqashah makes a greater impression, and th is more effective.

In short, the simanim are kavanah tools. Nothing more.

(However, given the metaphysical nature of thoughts, a mequbal might have
a more poetic, metaphoric, eloquent and detailed description of how that
kavanah is connected to that aid. But I take that to be the same basic
idea, but with more detail.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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