Can Businesspeople Really Find Time to Pray at Length?
Can Businesspeople Really Find Time to Pray at Length?
Part of Prayers & Blessings · 4:30
A short piece dispelling the assumption that businesspeople can't manage a lengthy, focused prayer, with a broader lesson for every Jew.
Audio Transcript
Even the business people have time, ืืฉืขืช ืืืืฉืจ it says ืืฉ ืคื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืชืคืืืชื to daven longer, ืืืืื ื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืคืฉื Hashem with the ืืืื ื of their heart and the ื ืคืฉ. ืคื ืืืจืื he says ืขืืืื ืืืื ืืืืชืจ ืฉืืช ืืืืืชืจ ืขื, you have a bigger responsibility on Shabbos than the others. Now ืคืฉื ืคืฉื, what does it mean? They have a bigger responsibility. What they do through their Torah and ืชืคืืื, it doesn't accomplish more than what the other people do, but their responsibility on Shabbos is greater. He says, no. ืืฉ ืืืืจ ืืืื ืชื ืืื ื ืขื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื, it doesn't mean that yesterday has more ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืขืืืื ืืืืชืจ ืฉืืช ืืืืืชืจ ืขื, they have a greater ืืืื, a stronger ืืืื, a stronger obligation ืืืืฉืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืคื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืชืคืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื. On Shabbos, they have a bigger obligation because the other ones could do it the weekdays too. So Shabbos, they could do it too, they have a bigger obligation. That's not the ืคืฉื. He explains that the ืคืฉื of the ืจืื is ืขืืืืช ืืชืคืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืชืจ ืฉืืช ืืืืืชืจ ืขื ืืชืคืืืช ืืืฉืื ืืืื. The actual ืขืืืื of davening on Shabbos of them accomplishes more than the davening of the ืืืฉืื ืืืื. ืืืื ืฉืืืืจ Alter Rebbe ืืืงืื ืืืจ, the Alter Rebbe explains in a different place, ืฉืืื ืืขืืช ืืขืื ืขืกืงืื. It's a
mistake that the business that the workers make, ืฉืืืขืชื they think ืฉืืื ื ืืืืืื ืืืชืคืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืื, that they can't daven so good like the people who sit and learn, ืื ืืืจืื, ืืืคืื ืืื, the opposite, ืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืืชืคืื ืืืชืจ, they can daven even more ืื ืืชืจืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืืืฉื ืืืืงื. Since the whole week they're involved in ืืืฉื, in darkness in in the business in the world and now they have light, it's even stronger. ืืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืฉื, as he explains there, ืฉืืืืงื ืืฉืื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืจืืืื ืืขื ืืื ื ืคืจื ืกื, mostly because the weekdays they're busy with ืคืจื ืกื, ืืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืืขืช ืืชืคืืื, so when they daven, ืืืืืื ืืขืืจืจ ืืขืฆืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืืช ืืื ืืืืื, and they can have the real ืืืื. That's ืื ืืืข ืชืคืืื, so ืชืคืืื on Shabbos they can do ืชืคืืื more. ืขื ืืจื ืื ืื ืืืข ืืงืืืขืืช ืขืืชืื ืืชืืจื, time for Torah. ืฉืืฉ ืืชืจืื ืืืขืื ืืงืืืขืืช ืขืืชืื ืืชืืจื ืฉื ืืขืื ืขืกืง, there's a bigger ืืขืื when the baalei esek, when the business people learn ืชืืจื, ืืคื ื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืช ืืชืืคืื ืืืชืจ, it's more breaking ืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืืืืืฉืื ืืืื. ืืืฉืื ืฉืืขื ืขืกืง ืืืคื ืืช ืขืฆืื, when a baal esek bends himself ื ืื ืืจืืืชืื ืืขื ืืื ื ืืขืืื, against his businessness with the world ืืขืกืืง ืืชืืจื, to learn ืชืืจื, ืคืขืืืช ืฉื ืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืืขืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืฉืื ืืืื, so his Torah accomplishes more, is a greater level. ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืืืขืฉื ืืคืืขื ืืจืืื ืฉื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, this is a
lesson, the bottom line, to most of the ืืืื, ืฉืจืื ืขืืืืชื ืืื ืืขืืืืช ืืขืื ืขืกืง, cause most of the Yidden are baalei esek. ืืื ืขืืกืงืื ืืฆืจืื ืฆืืืืจ ืืื ืื it says, the Rebbe says here even those people who don't work for business, but they're involved in community matters, they're they're like baalei esek, cause they also don't learn. They do great things, but they don't learn. Shluchim? Like shluchim, yeah. ืืืื ืืจื ืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืกืืฃ ืืงืืืขืืช ืขืืชืื ืืชืืจื, they have to add in learning more Torah, ืืงืืืขืืช, set times. ืืงืืืขืืช ืฆืจืืื ืืืืืช ืืืืคื ืฉื ืงืืืขืืช ืื ืคืฉ, not only set in time, but set in the ื ืคืฉ, ืืืืื ืืฉืืช ืฆืจืืืื ืื ืืขืกืืง ืืขืืืืช ืืชืคืืื ืืืจืืืืช. Even Shabbos, they should daven ืืืจืืืืช. ื ืขืฉื ืืืชืจ ืืชืืจื, ืฉืืช. Huh? Summer? Yeah. Yeah. ืืืื ืื ืืืจ ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืฉืืืืืช ืฉืขืืงืจื ืืขืฉืืช ืื ืืชืืจื ืืืจื ืืชืืชืื ืื. And it's not a ืืืจ ื ืืกืฃ, an additional thing on making the ืืืจื for the Eibershter, ืืื ืงืฉืืจืื ืื ืืื, they go together. ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจื ืืชืืชืื ืื ื ืขืฉื ืขื ืืื ืขืืืืชื, the maalah that they accomplish, that they make the ืืืจื for the Eibershter, ืื ืืืื ืืืืื, when is it the giluy? ืืืืืื ืชืืจืชื, when they learn, ืืขืืืืช ืืชืคืืื, with ืชืคืืื, ืืืคืจื ืืืจืืืืช ืืืื ืืฉืืช, especially when they daven long. ืืขื ืืื ืื ืืงืจืืื ืืืืชืจ, this is ืืงืจื more the coming of the ืืื ืฉืืืื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืื ื ืืืฉ. Where did you say in the words of the avodat Hashem? Look at that one. Combination of 50. ืฉืืช ืฉื ืขืืงืจ ืขืืืื. Yeah, but not learn. Doesn't have to say learn, they can learn better. Deveikut, it's deveikut. And not learn. Learning is If they do their own thing, then then maybe they did, but if they did for somebody else, then you're working. Yeah, so the consequence is that yeah. That, yeah. Nothing to get learned. ืืืืงืืช ืขืฆืื. That's a ืจืืื ืืืช'ืืืงื ืืืจืื. Another Torah. It's not Torah. That he was still involved with talmid chacham. Also a tzadik. What do you do with Torah, it's avodah, avodat Hashem. And the shul? That's why would say, not for this, it's an someone who work