Why Do We Repeat the Same Prayer Again and Again? | Rabbi Blum Anchel

Shalom. In the Selichot, we have an amazing prayer. It's authored by Hashem himself. When Moshe Rabbeinu went up on Mount Sinai, Kodesh Baruch Hu told him, "This is how you're supposed to pray." So, it's so powerful that even resha'im, even evildoers, of course they should repent, but even evildoers are answered with this prayer. It's so powerful that you cannot you cannot even use it without a minyan. You have to have a minyan to use it. But then, there is a question. Why is it that we repeat it so many times? I mean, if if if How do you How do you pray for the same prayer over again and again and again, especially by the Neilah time? Again and again and again. So, it's a question. So, Rashi says that there is a guarantee that every time you say this prayer, you're going to accomplish something. So, I'll give you two examples. For instance, let's say somebody, God forbid, has so many misdeeds that it created a barrier between him and Hashem where the prayer doesn't go through. So, each time he says this prayer, [music] he'll take down a little bit of the barrier, a little bit of the barrier, until finally he gets through. [music] So, of course it pays to repeat it many times. I'll give you another example. Supposing somebody needs many things. And each time he's going to say this prayer, >> [music] >> he will achieve something. So, again, it pays to say it again and again. So, in that zechut that we have that we appreciate [music] this prayer and that we say it properly between now and >> [music] >> and the Neilah on Yom Kippur or any time that we say this prayer with a minyan, Hakadosh Baruch Hu should answer our prayers and He should send us everything that we need, Torah, good health, and [music] protection for all of the Jews around the world. Thank you very much.