The reason we PRAY is NOT what you might think… (Rabbi Shias Taub answers Q&A)

question okay sometimes is so strong that I don't feel the need to DAV why ask hasem to help me when I know he is already helping if this is okay then why is Fila such an important part of yish Kai wow so yeah yeah that's a great question it is okay so I have a I have a couple answers to that first of all who says that daving is just about asking for your needs in other words if all your needs were taken care of would you still call home would you still call your your father in Heaven and connect of course you would that's a rhetorical question by the way of course you would so even if all your needs are met you can still doin that's one answer but it's not a complete answer because the way the question was phrased was specifically about the aspect of doing which is requesting for our needs to be met and I'll say like this I don't think this person person is asking me whether or not they need to DAV schmeer three times a day I I don't think they're asking me if they should stop daving from the S I I I think what they're saying is above and beyond theas which which the man of the great assembly redacted should I be involved in beseeching Hashem in my own words on my own time uh asking Hashem in treating Hashem to to meet my needs um and and and what should I do about the fact that because my is the person says is is very strong in in their letter um that I'm not feeling that that need to to beg so much and and I would answer you and say like this you know I mentioned earlier that especially this this book the Gate of trust a lot of what's unique about it is has a lot of the LA inter integrated into the commentary the way that explained is that it's not just a state of mind or even a state of feeling where one is able to be secure and confident it's that yes but in addition it's actually a powerful tool has an effect B accomplishes something in other words B isn't just to keep you calm while you're waiting for something to change but toen actually creates change in the words of theed the third and theb quoted that often in other words the the the feeling of security that all my needs are being met is itself an effective way of drawing down of eliciting those blessings in a revealed way so what what I would answer this person is um who says that your B isn't accomplishing that which you normally would use or others might use uh to accomplish so you're not missing out anything indeed it could even be that your is a more direct path to bringing those blessings into your life so you shouldn't feel any religious guilt that oh I'm not doing with enough desperation you know what having real bin that itself is a spiritual tool in many ways a a an incredibly effective tool and uh if that's the way you're bringing the blessings down okay so you'll do it that way and then you don't need to Davin I as I said I don't think this person is asking if they should stop doing Shak obviously we Daven what it says in the Sid but I think what they were asking is above and beyond should they feel this desperation to beg Hashem for their needs and and what i' would answer you is you're accomplishing it already through your hey there in case this is your first time here at this channel let me introduce myself my name is Rabbi sha what you were just watching was a clip from our annual live stream fundraising campaign from 2023 and uh this is soulwords soulwords is not just a YouTube channel it's a virtual community where we get together to connect over the messages that are relevant to us in our lives to take spiritual Concepts and bring them down into practical application we're glad you're here and uh we hope to connect to you here on this platform