[Avodah] why stop learning?

[Rich, Joel]

This brings up one of my pet peeves. It is all too common to hear in shul, "We're going to say Tehillim now, for a member of the shul who will be having surgery later today" -- without ever mentioning the name of this person. Following Rav Soloveitchik's logic, wouldn't our tefilos be more meaningful if we knew who we were davening for? Heck, following ANYONE's logic, wouldn't our tefilos be more meaningful if we knew who we were davening for?

Akiva Miller
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Agree 100% - when I spoke to a pulpit rabbi about it , he said it was a sociological thing, some people are very private,  My response was I consider myself in that category but in this case do they understand that the privacy concerns are "misplaced" if the goal is a refuah shlaimah and you believe prayer "works"
KT
Joel Rich


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