Page 201 - 20780

7

216 | A New Light Chapter Six: | 201

prayer with wholeness of faith that Hashem wants to bestow is the 2.Hashem is also all-powerful in the spiritual realm. That means
perfect prayer that emerges out of wholeness of faith. Moreover, that He can save everyone spiritually. What a person has done and
there is an additional and wondrous depth to this way of prayer:
such prayer is really entirely on behalf of Hashem, as in the verse, the level he is on make no difference.
“[Hannah] prayed on [behalf of] Hashem” (Samuel I 1:10). That is
because Hashem deeply wants us to change and comport ourselves
the way that the son of the king should act. Therefore, we pray on 3.The fact that Hashem is all-powerful in the spiritual realm
behalf of Hashem. We pray that His will should be actualized and means that He can give us everything in a single moment without
realized. We pray that the intent of Hashem—Who so much wants
and yearns and waits for His sovereignty and faith to be revealed, any time limitation at all, despite all principles and all rules.
for His name to be enhanced and sanctified, and for awareness,
thoughts of teshuvah and all goodness to pour down abundantly on I will explain these axioms one by one.
the house of Israel—will be actualized, revealed and maintained in
the world! First Part: The King Who Desires Life

This is another reason that such prayer brings about salvations Some people ask: “How can I know whether or not it is Hashem’s
and that it is called “perfect prayer”: because it is prayer without will to rescue me?”
any personal interests, prayer that is 100 per cent for the sake of
performing Hashem’s will. What constitutes imperfection of prayer? The question itself testifies to a lack of faith on the most basic level,
Prayer is imperfect when it contains self-interest and personal will. and it testifies as well to a foolish conception of our relationship
But in this kind of prayer, a person has no personal will. His entire with the Holy One, blessed be He, and the relationship of the Holy
intent is only to want what Hashem wants, to want Hashem’s will One, blessed be He, with us.
to be actualized.
As I have already explained, Hashem’s will is the purpose of
Therefore, this prayer is called prayer with wholeness of faith. existence. There is no alteration and change in Him and in His
Wholeness of faith means that a person knows that “there is no will. Everything about Hashem is considered more than something
other than He” (Deuteronomy 4:35). That means that there is no “necessary,” because “will” is on a greater level than “necessity.”
“I.” If so, on whose behalf is a person obligated to pray in this Hashem is all-powerful. No will of the Holy One, blessed be He,
world? On behalf of other people? On behalf of himself? There can be actualized. The Creator’s every intent brings about a reality
are no other people, there is no himself. There is only Hashem. that nothing can prevent.
Therefore, all prayers are only on behalf of Hashem. A person’s
prayer refers only to the will of Hashem and not to his own will, The First Axiom: Hashem Wants to Rescue Us
because his own will is the will of Hashem.

Prayer on behalf of human beings is a lack of faith. But if that is The first axiom is that the entire will of our Father in heaven,
the case, how do we pray? An example: if a person is ill, that is the Father of compassion, Who is good and does good, is only to
because he has sinned. The true will of Hashem is that he will do do good and give life. Hashem’s true will is that everyone will live
teshuvah and rectify the spiritual cause of his illness, and then he and do teshuvah—including a person who is very far from Him, a
will recover. Thus, prayer must be on behalf of Hashem so that He person who deserves punishment, even if his decree of judgment
was sealed in heaven. Therefore, the Gemara says (Rosh Hashanah