[Avodah] Efficacy of Praying for Others (was why stop learning?)

[Prof. Levine]

At 05:59 AM 2/10/2012, R. David Riceman wrote:

><<R' SZN: so then the sentiment is that davening for a person , is a
>bigger zchus than learning for that person? and certainly more than
>doing a chessed for the zchus of that person? <SNIP>>>
>
>I'm entering this in the middle of the discussion, so I don't know if
>its already been dealt with.
>
>While I'm unsure of the mechanism by which davening for a person works,
>it has both Biblical and Mishnaic warrant.

See http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/praying_for_others.pdf 
for what RSRH says about the "efficacy of praying for others."  This 
is part of his commentary of RSRH on Bereishis 20

7 Now, therefore, restore the wife of the man, because he is a 
prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will remain alive. But if you
will not restore her, know that you will surely die, you and all that 
are yours.

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