Hayom Yom 5 Kislev A ladder was standing on the ground.1 Prayer is the ladder that connects souls and G-dhood. And although it stands ...on the ground, the start of davening being no more than acknowledgement, yet its top2 reaches the Heavens3 - a state of total bitul, self-nullification. But one reaches this level through the prior attainment of comprehension and understanding4 inherent in psukei dzimra,5 in the brachot of shma and in shma proper. FOOTNOTES 1. Bereishit 28:12, Yaakovs dream. 2. I.e. the peak of davening, which is the silent devotional amida (or shemona essrei). 3. This is the concluding phrase of the verse A ladder etc.... 4. Of G-dliness. 5. Verses of praise, second section of Shacharit. Siddur pp. 30-42.
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