Va’ani Tefilla #139: Gutting It Out in Our Davening

So we're on the last page, Kuf Pei Vav.

I think this is very, uh, very appropriate.

Rav Wolson says, "Hinei, yesh shnei bechinos baavoda shel Adam." There are two types, there are two aspects of, of man's service of Hashem.

"Echer hu shehakol k'dubari baavodaso." Everything's good.

Everything's going well.

I don't think he means work, uh, your job.

In avodas Hashem, things are good.

"Umespalel v'lomed b'chesed." We're davening, we're learning well.

I would say for most people here, probably this past month they felt that way.

It wasn't very hard.

Maybe you're a little tired.

It, uh-- caffeine, lack of caffeine headache.

But there's a certain chesed in, in davening, um, sometimes.

We feel that certainly Shabbos and Yom Tov, and sometimes during the week also.

"Zehu avoda shel bechinas or niglah" That has the component of the, the, the, the open, the revealed light.

"Sheyachol l'ros oh." You can see it, you feel it, you sense it.

"Veha shenihu k'sheavoda kashe lov, umespalel v'lomed bechedvus." There's some times that we daven and learn, but it's hard, it's heavy.

It-- we-- we're, we're, uh, we're plugging-- What's the expression in baseball? A pitcher doesn't have his best stuff, but he, he, he- Toughs it out.

I don't know what's the-- what-- there's an expression.

He- He toughs it out.

Toughs it out.

Sometimes you, sometimes you come to shul and you gotta, you gotta, you gotta tough it out.

You gotta get six innings, three runs, and just, just, just get to the, get to the bullpen, right? It happens sometimes.

"Av haYeshu chalisha sadasa zeh" A person's just sad.

Why am I not feeling it? It's, it's frustrating sometimes.

So we're on the last page, Kuf Pei Vav.

I think this is very, uh, very appropriate.

Rav Wolson says, "Hinei, yesh shnei bechinos baavoda shel Adam." There are two types, there are two aspects of, of man's service of Hashem.

"Echer hu shehakol k'dubari baavodaso." Everything's good.

Everything's going well.

I don't think he means work, uh, your job.

In avodas Hashem, things are good.

"Umespalel v'lomed b'chesed." We're davening, we're learning well.

I would say for most people here, probably this past month they felt that way.

It wasn't very hard.

Maybe you're a little tired.

It, uh-- caffeine, lack of caffeine headache.

But there's a certain chesed in, in davening, um, sometimes.

We feel that certainly Shabbos and Yom Tov, and sometimes during the week also.

"Zehu avoda shel bechinas or niglah" That has the component of the, the, the, the open, the revealed light.

"Sheyachol l'ros oh." You can see it, you feel it, you sense it.

"Veha shenihu k'sheavoda kashe lov, umespalel v'lomed bechedvus." There's some times that we daven and learn, but it's hard, it's heavy.

It-- we-- we're, we're, uh, we're plugging-- What's the expression in baseball? A pitcher doesn't have his best stuff, but he, he, he- Toughs it out.

I don't know what's the-- what-- there's an expression.

He- He toughs it out.

Toughs it out.

Sometimes you, sometimes you come to shul and you gotta, you gotta, you gotta tough it out.

You gotta get six innings, three runs, and just, just, just get to the, get to the bullpen, right? It happens sometimes.

"Av haYeshu chalisha sadasa zeh" A person's just sad.

Why am I not feeling it? It's, it's frustrating sometimes.