What happens when you don't have a good argument for why Hashem should say yes? Rabbi Shafier reveals one of the most powerful ideas behind tefillah: we don't always have to come before Hashem because we're worthy or because we deserve what we're asking for. Sometimes we can simply ask for rachamim. From Sarah Imeinu's frightening encounter with midas hadin to the extraordinary power of the Yud Gimmel Middos, discover how tefillah can change the way we're judged, and why sometimes the most powerful words we can say are simply, “Hashem, please have mercy.” 

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