עוד הקדמה אחת שידע האדם אם נענה בתפלתו, אם אחר התפלה לבו שמח, וההיפוך עצבות, ועל פי זה שמעתי פירוש הש"ס (ברכות ד"ט ע"ב) יומא חד סמיך גאולה לתפלה ולא פסיק מיניה חוכא כולא יומא, והקושיא מפורסמת, ונראה שהוא וודאי סמך גאולה לתפלה בכל יום, אבל לא נודע לו אם עשה פעולה למעלה, אבל בהיום שסמך גאולה לתפלה ולא פסיק מיניה חוכא שמע מינה שעשה ייחוד למעלה לכן לבו שמח, ודפח"ח: (תוי"י פ' עקב דקפ"א ע"ב).
There is another way by which a person can know if his prayers have been answered. That is, if he feels happy after he prays, and the opposite applies if he feels depressed. Based on this, I heard an explanation of the Talmud’s statement: “One day [Rabbi Buna] joined Redemption to Prayer and he did not stop smiling the entire day.” The question on this is famous,71Berachos 9b. The simple meaning of this is that he recited the blessing: “Redeemer of Israel” (go’al Yisroel) adjacent to the Amidah prayer. However, since the contiguity of these prayers is a normal part of the daily morning liturgy, the Talmudic commentators have sought alternative ways to understand this statement. Tosephos, loc. cit., writes that Rabbi Buna joined these two prayer together at dawn. He finished the blessing “Redeemer of Israel,” and started the Amidah prayer at the exact moment of sunrise. This is known as praying like the vatikin. The Baal Shem Tov offers a different explanation. for surely he joined Redemption to Prayer every day. However, he never knew if his prayers had any effect Above. On the day that he joined Redemption to Prayer and did not stop smiling, he realized that he had caused a Supernal Unification. Thus he was overjoyed. Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Ekev
עוד הקדמה אחת שידע האדם אם נענה בתפלתו, אם אחר התפלה לבו שמח, וההיפוך עצבות, ועל פי זה שמעתי פירוש הש"ס (ברכות ד"ט ע"ב) יומא חד סמיך גאולה לתפלה ולא פסיק מיניה חוכא כולא יומא, והקושיא מפורסמת, ונראה שהוא וודאי סמך גאולה לתפלה בכל יום, אבל לא נודע לו אם עשה פעולה למעלה, אבל בהיום שסמך גאולה לתפלה ולא פסיק מיניה חוכא שמע מינה שעשה ייחוד למעלה לכן לבו שמח, ודפח"ח:
(תוי"י פ' עקב דקפ"א ע"ב).
There is another way by which a person can know if his prayers have been answered. That is, if he feels happy after he prays, and the opposite applies if he feels depressed. Based on this, I heard an explanation of the Talmud’s statement: “One day [Rabbi Buna] joined Redemption to Prayer and he did not stop smiling the entire day.” The question on this is famous,71Berachos 9b. The simple meaning of this is that he recited the blessing: “Redeemer of Israel” (go’al Yisroel) adjacent to the Amidah prayer. However, since the contiguity of these prayers is a normal part of the daily morning liturgy, the Talmudic commentators have sought alternative ways to understand this statement. Tosephos, loc. cit., writes that Rabbi Buna joined these two prayer together at dawn. He finished the blessing “Redeemer of Israel,” and started the Amidah prayer at the exact moment of sunrise. This is known as praying like the vatikin. The Baal Shem Tov offers a different explanation. for surely he joined Redemption to Prayer every day. However, he never knew if his prayers had any effect Above. On the day that he joined Redemption to Prayer and did not stop smiling, he realized that he had caused a Supernal Unification. Thus he was overjoyed.
Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Ekev
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