Vayigash 5786: REAL Tefilah Instructions

Wow, how the opening words of this week's para teach us about how to dive into Hashem. Welcome to the sh all para for paras para of course begins with the words love yehuda that yeuda approached and regarding this approach the measure says in bracious that one of the says that means that he approached him for mil for war. Another says means in order to pacify the one who was ruling over him. But the third says the rabbis have taught us that is this is how he began to pray. Now let's understand what the pa continues with. It says a kind of language of request then let me speak in front of you into your ears. The mag of the Reb explains says that when the PK that the when the GR in the fifth per says that we're not allowed to be misspelin from Ro the simple meaning of this of course is from a certain kind of calm and sincerity and seriousness. The Reb explains the mag the mag explains that what does it mean that you have to d me ros is a hint to and ro means a sense of honor and the sincerity and the reality of being with hashem and so that the person should never get up to dab to hashem and say here's what I need let me talk to you about my list of things there's me of course and I need this this this and this no the proper way of dabbing it is me to co ro from the ability to understand that inside of me is a [snorts] little piece of so to speak and with me the iss of all he might about the things that needs but even when speaking about himself he's talking about the pain that it must cause to the when quote when we are not doing well me and even the that's inside of me and therefore the Reb explains based on this about Ro that listen to the words of Yehuda be adoni inside of me is my master inside of me is my master so I come to pray for the purposes of what's good for my master this reminds me of an explanation offered by Matio Solomon who was once asked how is it that if we have to dab for all that we need and there'll be this great judgment. We don't find that we ask for any things that we need. We're just sitting there and we're praising weate him. So what's going on there? Mat explained based on a mush that a person might come to come to the government and ask for his needs and if he would come he would find that there's a very long line of people who are waiting until they're get to the front and the government gives them all of their needs, perhaps all their construction needs. And as they're standing there, another guy is rushed all the way to the front. He the officers of the king grab him and they bring him all the way front and he gets everything he needs right away. So people object. They say, "What's going on? Why is he getting everything that he needs and we're sitting here waiting?" The officers say is very simple. You see, you're sitting here waiting to get things that you need for you. But this man who just was ushered to the front, he wants to build a palace for the king. Because he wants to build a palace for the king, we want him to get going right away. So based on this mus that's what's going on in Russ that we're being and all the good's going to come because my concern is not for myself. My concern my concern is for he's my king. I'm trying to build a life and my family's life. Everything is for him gives up everything they need. That's what's going on in that judgment. Inside of me is my master and so I'm asking of you something. But the Reb explains further and this is in the words of the Yakav says that the BM said what's the meaning in the let me read it to you says that the poor one has a as he wraps himself and it says in front of Hashem he will be he'll give over his words he'll pour out his his his his discussion his words. So what's up here said that the concept is as follows that the uni who can can be compared to a group of people the king offers them all the opportunity to speak to him and what does each one ask for? This one asks for his honor. This one asks for something else. They come to the third one and he asks for the opportunity to speak to the king three times a day. The king is so overwhelmed that somebody desires and understands that the thing that's most valuable is a to the king and so he brings this man close to him and gives him everything that he needs. So said what is the of the when he wraps himself is that let me always be able to pray in front of Hashem. And so now we can understand Yehuda's hint to what proper is love. Yehuda came forward in he said inside of me is my master and I and I yearn for the needs of my master even my own needs since they reflect on my master and when he's with me in gullis. Listen to the continuation of the words of Yuda. What do I want from you? I want to be able to continue to speak to you. That's the biggest thing we could ask for. Greatest thing we could ever ask for as a Many of us certainly know that at the beginning of time was punished with a tremendous punishment that he would be flattened to the ground and he would always eat dirt. But the cash has been asked why is that a punishment? the dirt is always available and then he's not going to be hungry. The answer is before we think that we want to have dirt and never be hungry, he also never has to turn and ask for anything because he always has dirt and every person has needs. And because we have needs, it's a gift to us that we can turn to and ask him. So every day, three times a day, we're love that we go towards and we can say to him, Inside of me is you and together we have needs. Let me always be able to speak in front of you and not make you angry. As the Pa continues has set up a world of needs, worlds of desires, a world of of opportunities as we spoke about recently the missing things that we have and all the things that gives us to fill them. How fortunate are we that we always continue in this relationship? Let's learn the lesson from Yehuda in the language that the Torah chooses to understand how really should be about my needs reflecting kochayan and my desire to always be close to you. Have a great chabas.