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Jan 9Liked by Rabbi Shnayor Burton

Under (1), there would be no purpose in informing someone of a situation and asking them to daven for you

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There is a purpose: So that the resolution of said situation allows for your participation and contribution to the meaningful unfolding of the universal good, instead of lacking meaning and being unclear.

Inasmuch as prayer has a purpose, even under (1) - see the previous segments where I discussed how it influences our minds and moral stances - there is a purpose in participating in it, whether immediately, through praying yourself, and/or vicariously, through consulting a tsaddik.

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Jan 9Liked by Rabbi Shnayor Burton

Do you discuss the vicarious point more anywhere?

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No.

However, I think that a vicarious prayer is easy to understand. It is beneficial a) For the tsaddik informed, who will pray, and b) For the one who informed him, in order to expand his own consciousness of prayer.

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