tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post822155690797113562..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Tefilla and Krias Yam Suf, Prayer and the Splitting of the Sea.Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-91233384741769152842011-04-22T14:29:15.239-05:002011-04-22T14:29:15.239-05:00Thank you for highlighting an aspect I hadn't ...Thank you for highlighting an aspect I hadn't considered. When the Maharsha says that tefilla strengthens the middas harachamim vis a vis the middas hadin, perhaps that is a tefilla that benefits the world as a whole, a tefilla that bespeaks not mere self interest, but also compassion. As always, mida k'neged mida, our compassion elicits the same from God.Barzilaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-2405059625472768632011-04-22T13:38:10.817-05:002011-04-22T13:38:10.817-05:00This is a great post because it highlights the the...This is a great post because it highlights the theme that God wants the prayers of Israel -- that is surely a prime motivator to Jews to engage in prayers of compassion, to bring compassion into the world. The operative categorical notion, the emotionally resonant activity, appears to be that suffering provokes the output of compassionate prayer; and philology backs that up; compassion is from the Latin for co-suffering, com pati; in turn compassion endows suffering with meaning.tzveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.com