Is Davening A Requirement - Rabbi Shalom Rosner

there is a well-known mach lokas between the rambam and the ramban about the mitzvah fila every single day the kumar tells us the beginning of his time is a voda of the heart whatever this is and the ram assumes this is a real bona fide mitzvah of daraisa to misfit the david every single day and right at the beginning of sephirah mitzvos right after the rama counts believing in hashem hashem and hashem number five is the mitzvah of tfila the mitzvah of prayer every single day to hakaris barack that's the rambam the ramban in several mitzvahs argues he says it's a wonderful da david but it's not an obligation that kumar at the beginning of massachusetts is it's a dindura banana it's a hint but it is not a mitzvah raisa that is the ramban but what is filo according to the ramban it is an opportunity is an opportunity that we have to recognize and capitalize on and there is a thought that helps us appreciate the idea of tefila for the ramban if we think back to parsha's gracious and we think back to the hate of adam and java everyone in the story was meted out of punishment she has to have pain in childbirth and everything that's related to that adam he has to work for a living he has to worry about pranasa that's also we understand those are two curses what about the offer eat dirt all your life and ask the hasidic masters why is that such a punishment why is that such a a curse that always has what he needs he's hungry he goes down he takes a bite why is that such an ownership offered so the mufashim explained because when it comes to having a relationship with someone no relationship is the worst punishment at all i'm giving you your dirt you have no needs for the rest of eternity i don't want to talk to you i don't want to have a relationship with you just leave and that's the worst it's much more painful for a child to be ignored by a parent than to be screamed at by a parent because when there's no relationship that's much even worse feel is an opportunity for us to have that relationship with the kardash and even if we have needs but we have needs to be able to talk takers to fill those needs to accept our fellows and that's the greatest gift in the world we have to try to realize every time we turn to sparkle in prayer that it is an opportunity it is a privilege for us to talk to the ceo the boss of the world and ask him everything that we want refuse yeshua's gullos that is thila according to the rampant so yes maybe it's an obligation but it's also an opportunity for us to talk to you at hashem answers all of our filos [Music] have a great day