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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: <A href="mailto:Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org">Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org</A><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>http://havolim.blogspot.com/2010/11/toldos-breishis-2521-vayeiaseir-lo.html
<BR>what is the price/nisayon that tfilos that are answered comes
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<DIV>This was an unusually interesting essay about the effects and sometimes
unintended consequences of having one's tefillos answered, well worth
reading.</DIV>
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<DIV>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." </DIV>
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<DIV>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."</DIV>
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<DIV>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."</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</DIV>
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