The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith - Principle #5: Hear My Prayer - Rabbi Akiva Fox

once again we're discussing the fifth principle the fifth of the earth gemmell a gram sabha restructure my lullaby late to him alone it is worthy it is befitting to pray and it does not befitting or worthy to pray to anyone else so we are discussing we're trying to analyze the word befitting the word worthy what does that mean what is it coming to teach us it is obviously implying something the sages and obviously the Torah did not just use words at random they didn't want to sound poetic and they didn't try to use words to sound intellectual like I do they used words because each word of Torah every word has within it a world in itself and therefore we have to understand and analyze every word every letter because it can reveal to us secrets that we may not be able to see or understand by just reading at it with a glance we need to look we need to delve because in truth every Flint holds fire that was the rename of my first grade reader every letter and every word in the in the Russian hacker Edition the Jewish language every word and every letter holds within it the secrets of the world and therefore we can't just assume that he just picked this word befitting Roy because it sounded good or it sounded right no he's trying to teach us something so what is it that we're supposed to learn from the fact that he look uses the word shed loyal about a royally his foul that it is worthy it is befitting is appropriate to pray to Hashem alone so another explanation we already discussed one explanation another explanation perhaps is imagine you have the g8 summit or the united nations world leaders summit when you have all the big world leaders and the presidents and the Prime Minister's and the kings of everybody coming together and it's a very obviously high security and there's a lot of honor dignity and respect going on and as they announce each one the entire auditorium stands up and each world leaders say you know shakes hands with the other and some bow down to the other and as all the world leaders are coming in Putin from Russia and Obama from America and Theresa May from England and all the kings and King Abdullah and all of course the Prime Minister of Israel night on yo and they're all coming in one by one and now they announce and now all rise in honor of a kiva facts that's me the king of ants or the king of a colony of ants chances are people are gonna look around and say what's going on here this must be color War break out is this a joke a person with a colony of ants he has some sort of prestige your dignity he has some sort of respect that's not a leader and in truth although this great leader of ants with my own little colony might be somebody that's a prestigious but it's not a prestige position to have to deal with hence when you're dealing with people you have millions of people that have to follow your command your dictators or something that's big but dealing with ants that's kind of lonely that's kind of unbefitting unbecoming that's not something that's worthy of respect or dignity so that's a mushroom lahav adil you would think that there is a hashem there is a god of the world the almighty the infinite the source of everything in the world he has angels he has fiery spirits he has all the galaxies and constellations everything is under his command and of all those of everything that hit he has in his wondrous creation he chews is little ants called you and me little man kind and he says I want to know what's going on in their world that's what's called a hidden that's a shocking revelation that Hashem the almighty on high he takes his respect his honor his dignity is prestige in the sense from me and you out of all the things and the wondrous creatures and the Wonder is galaxies and angels and everything that exists and he chose us our little world and he wants to know what's going on with you and me there's so much more out there there's so much bigger so much better out there and yet Hashem says yes I do I want you like Uncle Sam I want you for the army so Hashem says out of all of this I want you this is one of the explanations that is said in guy moja Sodom toyama same does great kindness bikini Jaco and he created the entire world the entire universe the zyre hasta of ice but he remembers what he considers important is the forefathers lived nay burn a hem and their children's children out of all of the things that I Shem created you'd think perhaps that we are the most low that we are the most little Anna Shem says perhaps it may be so but I turn to you I want to know what's going on in your world each person is a world in his own so maybe perhaps were like ants but we're important the ants and the reason we're like answers kailash em says everything you do and everything you say is important to me I want to know I want to hear I want you to pray to me masaba a college bar cool it feel awesome a college bro who desires he passionately he wants to hear our prayers and yes it may be it may be hard to understand that someone so great as a Shem would want to hear from us who are so lowly Hashem says but I do so when we say shall by restructure my loyal about a royal a spell it is befitting to pray what we're coming to say is don't think listen you think I sham wants to know what about me you think he cares about the little guy on the side I'm just a small player in this vast universe you think he cares about what I say you think he wants to know about what I want you think he wants to hear my prayers not a chance he's so big he's the head honcho the CEO of the whole world and he cares about the the little janitor in his world yes not only does he care but he created the world for you and me and he says I want to hear your prayers I want to be involved in every aspect of your life and as much as you desire to connect to me I desire to connect to you so Hashem says in this fundamental loyal avada royally his fellow to him alone it is befitting it is worthy to pray to Him don't think you think he wants to hear from us man he's too big he's too powerful no it's befitting their word and passed and there are still religions that believe that yes there was a god he created the world that was way back in the past but afterwards he got involved in big projects now he's not really interested in the little goings-on of the world he doesn't really care about the little details the nitty-gritty of me and you and humankind's and all that stuff he has big stuff that he's doing that's what they say this fundamental tells us no I believe that a Kurdish bro who it is worthy and befitting to pray to him because he wants to know because he does desire he didn't abandon the world after creating the universe and say alright guys fend for yourself leave me out of this I'm going for a coffee break no I college girl who created the world because he wanted to give it for and he wanted to hear from us ash I made a two-way street Hashem says that everything you and I will do it creates new worlds everything that you and I do leaves an impression it is important and especially our prayers especially our tree lows those are something that a Shem says each and every word that you say is important to me so we say I believe with a complete face that a college bro who it is worthy and befitting to pray for him don't be mistaken like those who felt those religions who believed that a Kurdish bro who was too great to hear the prayers of lowly mankind on the contrary in his greatness in his godless that's where you will find his humility that he says how much speed Lee Lee Royce basham I move arts he goes down he lowers himself to the shibaemon arts to those in the land and in us in the heavens and he says I want to hear from you I do care about you everything you say and everything you do is precious to me so when we say this one of the udm oh I cream it is crucial for us to remember that everything we do and everything we pray everything is considered precious in the eyes of a college bro you