Prayer

 

“Prayer is one of the greatest opportunities of exercising the Free-Will. In the realm of actual deeds we are limited by circumstances: we are not wealthy enough to feed all the needy and to heal the sick, or to erect enough Torah institutions and to maintain them. But in the real of T’fillah we are not limited. We can ask Hashem’s help and entreat Him for everyone, and we thus activate our Free-Will and demonstrate our desire to help all the poor and rescue all the afflicted.” (R’ Avigdor Miller)

 is one of the greatest opportunities of exercising the Free-Will. In the realm of actual deeds we are limited by circumstances: we are not wealthy enough to feed all the needy and to heal the sick, or to erect enough Torah institutions and to maintain them. But in the real of T’fillah we are not limited. We can ask Hashem’s help and entreat Him for everyone, and we thus activate our Free-Will and demonstrate our desire to help all the poor and rescue all the afflicted.” (R’ Avigdor Miller)

“If a man with his physical brain is to approach the innermost reaches of sanctity, this may be achieved by ‘the service of the heart, which is prayer.’ And this in turn springs from an awareness of G‑d’s sublime exaltedness, and from meditating and ‘gazing upon the glory of the King.’”  (6th Lubavitcher Rebbe)