#573: Amida: Shema Koleinu (Part 2)

s is generously sponsored by the Saka family and sponsored as well by foran we are on the 16th of the of last night we spoke about the historical precedent the background told us the and heard our voices he therefore redeemed us he took us out of out of Egypt he didn't hear our prayers it's not what we articulate with our words but our voice if we're genuine if we're sincere then the almighty even if we're unworthy even if we're unable to articulate nevertheless he hears and therefore this this catch all is where we insert whatever it is that we need if we didn't mention it in an earlier in an earlier then we bring it up here writes a very movingly very stirringly as an introduction to this this generic Catal open a person should turn into and ask the almighty for all their needs great or small a person should never think you know it's beneath God to help me help my child with their gamar test in school it's beneath Hashem for me to bother asking him that my drusa should turn out okay that we should travel and not have traffic whatever person might think shem's got big things to take care of the world's a mess the world's falling apart hashem's got a lot to focus on little me and my little needs person should not think so right there's nothing too big too small he's the almighty he's omnipotent he's the source of all if a member of your family is dating and you hope they are successful and find the right one then don't just talk to the sh talk to hasem ask him for help if you're doing business and you're concerned of your income you want more clients you want more customers you want more profit so the one to turn to his Hashem so we have Bros designated throughout the amid for these for these major needs butu is the is the CCH gives incredible advice and I highly encourage try to employ this advice particularly in the amak in the morning every one of us know what we have on tap for that day well you're working whether you're retired whatever stage of life you're at all of us have appointments that day business transactions business meetings doctor's appointments we have things we're trying to get done so a person before Shak would been shaas focusing and planning and preparing so before shakas but minimally on the buildup to the amid think about what's on my schedule today what tasks what to do what meetings what do I have to get done who in my life and then use the amid to talk to hem about it hem let this meeting go well let me find the words let thei come together let theha be compelling let this uh have a successful outcome whatever it is let this trip go smoothly people mistakenly think right that when do you have to if you have a crisis if you have a challenge something's urgent if there's an emergency if there's a disaster that's when you use the words of to but otherwise ordinary everyday living in life he doesn't have time he doesn't have patience he doesn't want to hear and it couldn't be further from the truth right it's not true it's not true everything we're doing DAV in your own words the gave us the am as a template it's a template I gave this back all the way back and S Snippets I'll repeat it again now everyone knows that if it's a major person in your life's birthday it's your anniversary so you can't just take a napkin and scrible happy anniversary the best thing that ever happened God put you in my life y yada love so and so if you hand that on the back of a napkin they'll appreciate the message but they'll say a napkin you couldn't get a card and if you go buy a card you might need a mortgage to buy a card today but if you go and you buy a card and then you just take the card and you put in the envelope and you hand it over and they say Hallmark American Greetings that's the poem that that's you have nothing to add you have nothing to say there's nothing original you don't even want to underline double underline the word that really uh jumps out you have nothing we all know that to communicate how we feel you need the combination you need the words that you buy on the card and then you got to write your own uh you got to write your own then they figure out is that mommy's handwriting Daddy's Hand aba's handwriting who's handwriting who wrote who who dictated it who wrote it you get into all that later but you have to find the combination between the text and your original writing and I think the same is true when it comes to the sitter the original Hallmark American Greetings they gave us the template they gave us the language but we're supposed to fill in we're supposed to write in our own handwriting and where do we write in our own handwriting and we don't just write there's an emergency there's a crisis certainly now we do person has to check themselves how connected they are to CLA Isel if you're not doing every day that the hostages come home that our soldiers have sweeping Victory all soldiers everywhere are safe all armies person has to feel connected but also the evidence that we really believe Hashem is involved intimately in every aspect of our life is when we ask him is when we ask him each I meet with every bar mitah child before they celebrate here at Bon synagogue and when my message to them all if they ask their older sibling what's the rabbi want to meet with me about they'll they'll sell me out and tell them what the meeting is going to be but I tell them all you're being a bar you're you're a God you're G at this point Hashem wants to hear from you you're old enough mature enough you're responsible enough but he also wants to know you and the evidence that you believe Hashem is in your life is when you ask him for your soccer team to win when you ask him to make the basketball team when you ask him to do well on your test when you ask him the things to work out well with your friends the more specific and the smaller it seems and inconsequential the more we're demonstrating that we really believe Hashem is intimately involved in all of our lives so that's what says he says use your own words write it in in your own language your own script better in English hasem speaks English He Speaks all languages better you can move your lips in your mind in before the end of right talk to him about your day what's coming up in your day thank him for yesterday and ask him for help what's coming up today and that's the best way you're demonstra we really believe hm is in our life has a lot more to say we'll continue to read his passage in y is an introduction to next time