Said the Dubner: “A
student wrote a letter to his father, asking for extra spending money. The father’s secretary read the lad’s letter
to his employer in a loud, harsh voice: “Father, send money immediately; I need
shoes and an overcoat.” The father
became incensed at the seemingly impolite tone of his son’s letter and refused
to answer him. Later he gave the same
letter to his wife to read. She read it
in a low tone of modesty and entreaty.
The father, thereupon, wrote out a check and instructed his wife to mail
it to his son.
From this letter we learn that he who prays quietly makes a
better impression that a noisy worshipper.”
-Newman, Maggidim and Hasidim
In prayer, the act matters. What makes a prayer rise swiftly is how we employ our heart and head when we utter the words.
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