#578: Amida: Shema Koleinu (Part 7)

responsible Saka family and by for we're on the 16th of the last we spoke the difference between and is the Artis and the Craftsman that which they fashion with their own hand that which they feel responsible and directly related for and with they have a special protection of so we say Hashem you created us we're your children you're responsible for us so it's not just some pity some Rus that you should have as if we're a stranger but we are have a compassion on us because we are the work of your hand and if that's not compelling enough if that's not reason enough even if we're entirely and utterly unworthy then then just have compassion like the highest level of we're impoverished we're Indigent we're poor we're unworthy we're inadequate and but we're come before you nonetheless and we beg and we gravel and we ask and to please accept all of our accept all of ouros and we continue we pointed out just like it wasn't enough to say now it's not enough to say please accept our prayers but we also have the brazenness the boldness the holy to sort of demand from hasem how he should accept our prayer and how should he accept it please receive it and accept it respond favorably and positively to it with a sense of we already encountered that a moment ago and R so what is the difference between ra and so again is if we're unworthy if we can't articulate even if we can't produce the coal forget that we can't come up with the words even if we can't even come up with the Cs the groan the sincere yearning still out of compassion of pity for us even if we're not even asking asking properly what is what is so the that is a beautiful Parish on each word in the says by we mean that we're asking we're not forcing you we're not pressuring you we're asking you with a sense of respond favorably not out of a sense of I can't believe I have to I'll do a but because you want to but because you want to the say he offers a metaphor a mush he says you have two children you have two children and each of them want a slushy back up each of them want a slushy so the first child is undeserving first child didn't come for Minion didn't come to learn didn't come toim which by the way is why we have some people have been scootering to sh to fill something with slushies and go home we're not the local 7-Eleven just for free it's there for people who come to learn and come to Davin an extra incentive an extra motivation an extra award for your dentist so the slush is there for all of that so first child is undeserving didn't come learn didn't come Davin but muches the parent please and I have to and please and I want to and you must and you have to and just much the parent the parent says fine take a slushi the second child comes to Davin comes to learn offers to help cleans the house for Yan offers to set the table says Kashi the parent says absolutely by all means for sure I'd love nothing more that's baraton means we don't want you to respond positively to ouros cuz we mucher and we nudge and we bother you and we don't leave you alone and we're Relentless we want you to do it should be with a sense of and he says that's also what we mean soon we'll be saying this is the season of yalo and in the list in the litany in yo what do I need all I'm interested in is the kid gets the slushy I don't care how you say yes to the slushy I just want the slushy but when it comes to us and hasem we don't just want the slushy so to say of life we want we want to feel AEM that you're not just giving in you're not just indulging you're not just doing it out of pity and out of pathetic it's your Ron it's your will you want to you want to we've earned it we're Worthy it's something that you want it's not something that just because of our you're doing with a sense of of a willingness a desire it's something that you want to provide us with so therefore we don't just say simply even though it makes sense accept our but we ask him because part of our goal of having Hashem hear our prayers is not just the result we're not the immature child who just wants the slushy we also want with it the the relationship we're asking Hashem because he is the mocker he's the source of all his Providence he's the one who provides so Hashem if you do it begrudgingly if you do it reluctantly then maybe I got what I want but the relationship doesn't feel right I want not only the result I want you to want I want you to want I want you to be happy to provide happy to give it to me not to do it reluctantly not to do it as if against your will so We crave not only the specific things that we're asking for Inu but among the things we're asking for and the reason we ask him is because we want not only the specific result we also want the relationship so not just it's not just respond favorably and positively to our prayer it's we want to know and to feel that you'll have compassion even if we're undeserving andon that you're not just doing it because we you're doing it with the you're doing it with a sense of something that you want to give and then we describe so I'll just give you a preview is bothered why we shift from the singular to the plural what form of the of the uh grammar is thatu but but the is is a is not our voice not and then we continue so do we go from not and then we return and end in singular to plural back to singular while the shift in the grammar we'll pick up with next