#572: Amida: Shema Koleinu (Part 1)

S sliet Series General respons by the Saka family and by foran as well we are up to the 16th BR of the Amid and if you know how many bras there are and you know math you know that we are in the home stretch this braa for many is the central bra of the amida it's the peak it's the Pinnacle of all the Bashas the middle section of the request until now each of those requests has been specific each request is a particular theme and now we get to the catch all the generic now we arrive atem hear our voices hear our voices and we know before the end of this we're not only allowed we are encouraged and we'll get into this to include whatever it is that we're ding for anything that didn't fit neatly into any of the preceding Bros the catch all whatever may be on our minds both things that we need forgiveness we want to ask if you look in the sitter and we'll see the source of this a that a person should confess their mistakes every day if you look in the sitter little Aster on the bottom you can go down no one here of course ever needs to or has said it but elsewhere others need to and they ask Hashem for forgiveness for mistakes that they made so each BR that we've examined in the amida we spoke about we gave the historical background to that braaa didn't write or author these bras out of nowhere they had a divine inspiration they had a press in the Torah something that is the one who has been giving us each time the historical precedent so what was the background when did the declare when did they make this and acknowledge God as the one who hears ouros hears our prayers so tells us when the when the Angels saw Hashem heard the cries of the Jewish people that he heard our voice our cries and he took us out our cries our call our voice is what stimulated it catapulted it was the Catalyst of the Redemption of the Gula and when the angel saw that all it took was our voice our groan our CS all it took was our voice and Hashem saw how sincere how genuine authentic how deep and he said I'm that's it I'm done taking him out of here I'm ready he in my Kinder these are my children I'm going to redeem them and the I'm watching all of this said wow isem really listens to what moved the in that moment sh Noah we have a long listov many prayed many D to he listened he heard what was different about this prayer that the answered and the authored this concluding so what's interesting perhaps the answer goes back to the opening of this br we askem we don't say here our prayers what do we sayma what's a call our voice a is a prayer an articulated eloquent compelling prayer with words with words what's a coal Coal is a voice and a voice is not about the words that are being articulated it's not about the need that's being eloquently communicated a voice reflects desperation urgency gratitude The Voice reflects what is happening genuinely authentically within the person and what this BR is saying and what the angels with the m were moved by and authored this bra is that even though in the in the 49th level of T we had lost so much of our moral compass our ethical boundaries we had lost so much of who we were we were not living our best selves our best lives but Hashem heard our voice and even when we don't have the words and even when we are unworthy and even when we can't make a compelling argument nevertheless our coal when our Co listens listens to those who call out genuinely genuinely so even when we're compromised even when we're unworthy even when we're not deserving even when we can't put into words and we can't Advance a compelling argument nevertheless Hashem listens and Hashem hears he hears our voice and on the one hand it's incredible opport Unity this bra and this origin this precedent but it also is an enormous obligation for us as we say this BR and all the bras each time we DAV are we just sort of discharging a text are we just reciting a script are we just reading someone else's words our mind is elsewhere we're thinking about something that happened we're planning for something that will be we're thinking about what we have to do that day where our mind is somewhere else then our Cal our voice is not going to reflect who we are and then our words better hit the mark if we want Hashem to listen and to be open to listening even when we can't find the words or even when we are unworthy then the cold and the voice has to be genuine it has to be real it has to be deep it has to reflect sincerity and genuiness the two that the 16th why do we have each we've examined not only the historical precedent as we just did but we also talk about what came before what's the connection because because David even though there were those who prayed before him David is the great author the great poet of as it says in yes the monarchy what established the the another name is based so after we DAV and long for the return of David the davidic dynasty the monarchy then next is this catch or so we'll continue we'll see and others right about how present how mindful even if you tune out take a highlighter to not our sitter but your sitter take a pen put an aster put an arrow do something that says even if your brain took a little detour a little vacation in the amid it shouldn't of course we should concentrate on every but you better make your way back for this one is the catel it's our opportunity and it is the chance where even if we don't have the words of the worthiness if we have the coal if we can produce the genuine sound he will still hear us and he will still listen to us as well