The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith - Principle #5: May My Will be Your Will - Rabbi Akiva Fox

so once again we're going to continue with the fifth of the ante maman's the fifth of the fundamentals of faith which is low in levada a royal a spell to Hashem alone it is befitting to pray the anal azules a Royalist violent it is not befitting to pray to anyone else so this is something that we're going to analyze it seems redundant it seems repetitive it is / it is worthy and befitting to pray to wash em alone and it is not worthy to pray to anyone else it seems like it's repetitive we just said that not in other words those are the perfect ones so what's going on here this is something that we're going to analyze when it comes to the general concept of prayer when it comes to the general concept of mankind asking Hashem asking the Almighty for something this itself is a huge kiddush this itself is something that is very difficult to understand and why is that besides the fact that we as we spoke previously are lowly beings in such a vast universe still Hashem says I still want to hear what you say everything you say and do is important to me your prayers can actually accomplish and achieve that which you desire why because a Shem says it's all important you are given the keyboard the joystick you are given the power through your prayers to accomplish in the world that is a very very big key that is being given to mankind Hashem in a certain sense gives me and you the ability to do things great things to accomplish in the world that he has previously set up meaning in a certain sense if I would like something for example I would like a ice cream cone with strawberry flavor that's what I would like if I pray even if bar perhaps in the pre arranged pre-designed world there was no ice cream coming to me still prayer can accomplish that I would get the ice cream now that is fascinating if you think about it because there seems to be a program going on in the world everything is arranged in perfect absolute wonder how Kurdish bro who has made the world and everything's doing and everything's working and there's a vast amount of activity going on and comes along little me and I asked for ice cream and I could get that how does that work isn't there a pre-existing program how is it that prayer would accomplish that which I want is it that a Shem told us that we can pray and in a sense rewrite the program we could change nature yes until now ice cream was not in this dimension but because he prayed boom it comes down is every time we pray are we asking for a miracle are we asking for a sham to rewrite the whole script for us well there's different aspects to it in a sense it's definitely a possibility we believe we have complete faith that ecology bro who could and he would if he chose to but the sperm explains something and this is very crucial to understanding the essence of prayer when we pray we are not asking Hashem to rewrite the script we are not asking him to interrupt the program to send us whatever it is that we want that's not what we're asking this farm explained that there's something called rut sign and this is something we've discussed at length before there's something called the will of a college before a college bar who desires the world to exist and that desire that will that rut sign is something continuous meaning as long as he wills it to be here it is here and the second that his will stops the second he doesn't want it anymore it ceases to exist as long as that will is out there then the world is out there that will includes everything it's not just the physical world but it's the program it's the overall pre-arranged script it's the nature it's everything as long as a sham wants it to exist in this format then it exists in this format the second he says it I don't want to then it won't so again if we have this pen here you have the pen and now at this point i want the pen to be at the tip of my fingers the second i don't want it to be at the tip of my fingers it's no longer there well have dill whenish m wants the world to exist in this format it does the second he stops wanting to exist in this format it no longer exists when we pray when we ask Hashem for something we use the words ye raat sign may it be your will what we're asking is not to defy nature we're not asking us them to rewrite the script or to change the program or to come with miracles out of nowhere and rewrite everything that's not what we're asking we're asking Hashem that the same will the same desire that a Shem had that wanted the world to exist like this in this second may it be his will that in the coming second it will be his want his desire that it should be according to the way that we as we pray are asking for example if God forbid as somebody is not well if somebody is sick and we're asking that God healed that person of course we're hoping for miracles of course Hashem wants to hear our prayers and with his mercy and compassion will answer the prayers but when we asked that a Shem should send this person his refer Hashem should heal him what we are asking is Hashem until this second you wanted this person this sick person to exist in the world with the tumor or with the sickness may it be your will Hashem that in the coming second your will should be that he should exist without it may it be your will than in the coming second you will want him to be healthy and well so when we're diving and we're praying to Hashem what we're asking in essence is that hash M it should be your will that this should be the outcome not in essence for us but for you Hashem Hashem I'm asking it to be your desire it now is my desire it's what I want but I'm asking it I'm asking you that you make it your desire because once it's your desire of Shem once this is what you want then it's much easier not even easier then it obviously will be accomplished so in essence when we pray what we're asking our Shem is Hashem may it be your will made the thing that I wish for be your wish so when we say in this an imam in loyola vada a royally his Powell it is worthy and befitting to pray to him alone loyola valet doesn't just mean to him it means for him alone we are asking a Shem may it be your will maybe your desire for you hashem to want that the world should exist in a sense the way I want it now that takes a lot it takes a lot of courage on the part of mankind but in a sense it also takes a little bit of sake a little bit of intellect because chances are if you ask Hashem that the Yankees should win it might not necessarily be his desire not that he goes for the Mets the Mets have no chance but we have to think of things on a higher in the higher realm heavenly things therefore when it comes to things that are important for us for example par nosa for example sustenance or finances or healing the sick or such things that is something that is important option why is it important touch n even though he is the almighty but number one he cares and number two is because when he will send this salvation and this the sick person will be healed that sick person will have the opportunity to bring out God's glory so in a sense it will be beneficial and I use that word very cautiously it will be beneficial for our shams glory to do as we're desiring because more of his glory will come out if that's what happens and so too if we're able to pray for something and use it or the things that we're asking to benefit from when we use it for Hashem then it is quite understandable that a sham would do it because it is indeed his will it is indeed his want this is what the mission and of us says I say red sun i cured Sarha make Hashem's will your will Qadesh a hacer its own car carrots all night so that he should make your will is well if you pray for something don't just think about yourself don't just think about the benefit I get out of it a Shem I love ice cream yes but what will happen for Hashem if you get the ice cream well perhaps you'll be able to make a bra perhaps you'll be able to make a blessing perhaps you'll be able to help somebody else with the ice cream and give it to a poor person that definitely enhances your chances to Havisham answer you because in a sense you are praying that it be his will and in a deed it might be his will so when we say in this ani moment that it is worthy to pray for him alone that means that the essence of our prayer the focus of our prayer should not be on our desires and wants but on our Shems desires and once this is something that will speak about in the next session you