Stop Whispering, Start Screaming: The Power of True Prayer for Geulah

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

isn't davening enough? No, davening is not enough. The Chofetz Chaim says, "It's not enough." Davening wasn't enough in Mitzrayim. You know what Hashem did to our tefillos in Mitzrayim? They didn't do anything in Mitzrayim, says the Chofetz Chaim, not until Vayitzak. Not until we cried out. And then it was Vayishma Hashem es koleinu. And if you want to know, does that mean I need to shout and holler on the top of my lungs until Hashem redeems us? What is tza'akah? So, I'm going to extrapolate the Chida teaches on the Gemara that kol ha'oinam eineni yishma rabba b'chol kocho. The Gemara talks about the importance of answering Amen Y'hei Shmei Rabba with all your strength. On the other hand, if you actually screamed Amen Y'hei Shmei Rabba with every ounce of your strength, people may have they may lock you up and institutionalize you. So, what does it mean? Does it really mean you should scream with all your strength? Says the Chida, what it means is you should rev yourself up with as much energy and passion and emotion as if you're going to wind yourself up as if you're going to answer with all your strength and then you could respond k'ragil. When the communists rose to power and they began the program of uprooting religion, it ached the Chofetz Chaim for the 3 million Jews trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Shuls closed, yeshivas closed, mikva'os closed, Shabbos outlawed, mikvah outlawed, rabbonim jailed. And what was the blow to the

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1. 0:00isn't davening enough? No, davening is not enough. The Chofetz Chaim says, "It's not enough." Davening…
2. 0:31my lungs until Hashem redeems us? What is tza'akah? So, I'm going to extrapolate the Chida…
3. 1:01much energy and passion and emotion as if you're going to wind yourself up as if…
4. 1:32heart of the Chofetz Chaim was when they incarcerated Rabbi Chaskel Abramsky, the Slutzker Rav. And…
5. 2:04of Tehillim." AND THE CHOFETZ CHAIM CRIED, "TEHILLIM? WHAT ARE WE? WE'RE TEHILLIM ZUGGERS." Tehillim is…
6. 2:35WHEN YOU ACTUALLY need something. Stop saying Tehillim. If you're saying Tehillim, that means you don't…
7. 3:05a mental note of the moment the Chofetz Chaim said that, and sure enough, at that…
8. 3:37Have in mind Hashem should free us. So, the irreligious Jews, they don't know any chachmas,…
9. 4:08got out of jail. The other five, they're still there.…

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