Personal Prayer – Part 1
BS'D
Prayer is a Jew's greatest weapon. Rebbe Nachman ztk'l teaches that each Tefilla is likened to 'an organ of the Shechinah HaKedosha' which helps build this world, transforming destruction into perfection.' There is a Midrash that teaches that Mashiach will take all of Klal Yisrael's soulful prayers and arrange a weapon of mass destruction to fight our enemies forever.
However, prosecutors stand ready to snatch our Tefillot, blocking them from ascending to the Heavenly realms. These prosecutors often arise due to our own transgressions. In order to overcome such blocks, we need to create new pathways. Rebbe Nachman teaches us an overlooked method of overcoming such impediments to our Tefillot called hitbodedut. This method of prayer was used by our Imahot and Avot. We can view hitbodedut as a form of ammunition that wards off negativity from our lives.
But a question arises – how does hitbodedut differ in any significant way from our prescribed Tefillot of the siddur? The heavenly prosecutors blocking the ascension of our prayers know the spiritual channels through which our prescribed Tefillot rise.
In contrast, each time we do hitbodedut we create a different channel unknown to the prosecutors. Unlike prescribed prayers with which the prosecutors are familiar, prayer via hitbodedut is fresh at each moment it is uttered. It represents a heartfelt, soulful yearning full of deep ratzon that is pure and unique to each individual person. The prosecutors have no template for such an inimitable form of prayer and are taken by surprise.
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