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From Today's Hakhel email bulletin.<br><br>
<font size=3>Hakhel Note: The following is excerpted from <i>Rav Schwab
on Prayer</i>, and was related by Rav Schwab at a Shiur he gave on
Tefillah:<i> </i>I heard a story from Rav Yosef Breuer, Shlita, which he
told about his father, my Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Zalman (Solomon)
Breuer. The elder Rav Breuer was a very good friend of Rav Shimon
Sofer, the Rav of Cracow, a brother of the Ksav Sofer, and a son of the
Chasam Sofer. Once when the two friends met, Rav Shimon Sofer asked
Rav Breuer to tell him a short ˜vort" from his father-in-law, Rav
Shamshon R. Hirsch. Upon which, Rav Breuer told him that Rav Hirsch
would point out that while Adon Olam described the unfathomable eternity
and omnipotence of Hashem, it nevertheless makes a reference to Him in a
very personal way--VeHu <b>Kaili</b>, He is <b>my G-d</b>. Each
person in his Tefillah says: <b>I have a personal relationship with
HaKadosh Baruch HU, He is my personal G-d. </b> Therefore, <b>whenever a
person says the word Ado--i, my Master, no matter how small he thinks he
is, he is averring that he is in direct contact with Hashem</b>.
This thought is in the introduction to any individual's Iyun Tefillah,
concentration on Prayer. There is nothing mystical or supernatural about
it. It should be the most natural thing in the world.<br><br>
YL<br>
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