Davening - prayer
The פסוק saysויצעקו בני ישראל אל ה'ב then afterwards ה' says to stop davening and just travel. Rashi says that when they davened "תפסו אומנות אבותיהם בידיהם" which seems like a wonderful thing. The מהר"ל in גור אריה says that in fact that was the problem because they didnt daven because they felt the need to daven from within themselves but rather they davened because, as Rashi says, They knew that when it is an עת צרה one davens as did Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. The davening was on a basis of תפסו אומנות אבותיהם בידיהם and not a personal realization that a person has to connect to ה when he is in trouble. The מהר"ל in גור אריה says that this is similar to תוספות in חולין that says that today's עבודה זרה is not אסור like the עבודה זרה of old because the gentiles are not really serving עבודה זרה but rather תפסו אומנות אבותיהם בידיהם.
The מהר"ל is saying that even though they davened because they knew that its what is supposed to be done in an עת צרה their davening was responded to by a response of אתם תחרישון because תפילה does little if it is not done totally from within.תפילה must be an inner cry to ה' and not performed like other מצוות where אומנות אבותיהם is actually a positive attribute. Both עבודה זרה and תפילה are considered עבודה. Chazal say איזו היא עבודה שבלב זוהי תפילה something that by definition is an עבודה must come directly from the heart otherwise it doesn't fit the definition of what it is. There are actions that require כוונה, there are actions that don't require כוונה. There are some actions that don't necessarily require כוונה but are considered better with כוונה. However תפילה doesn't fit any of those categories. תפילה needs to have כוונה by its very definition. תפילה has to be a cry from one's soul for it to be considered תפילה just like עבודה זרה needs to actually be with intention of serving a different God otherwise it doesn't fit the definition of עבודה זרה. The act itself in both these cases is just a manifestation of a person's inner soul but the actual deed is the feeling inside the person's essence.
The מהר"ל is saying that even though they davened because they knew that its what is supposed to be done in an עת צרה their davening was responded to by a response of אתם תחרישון because תפילה does little if it is not done totally from within.תפילה must be an inner cry to ה' and not performed like other מצוות where אומנות אבותיהם is actually a positive attribute. Both עבודה זרה and תפילה are considered עבודה. Chazal say איזו היא עבודה שבלב זוהי תפילה something that by definition is an עבודה must come directly from the heart otherwise it doesn't fit the definition of what it is. There are actions that require כוונה, there are actions that don't require כוונה. There are some actions that don't necessarily require כוונה but are considered better with כוונה. However תפילה doesn't fit any of those categories. תפילה needs to have כוונה by its very definition. תפילה has to be a cry from one's soul for it to be considered תפילה just like עבודה זרה needs to actually be with intention of serving a different God otherwise it doesn't fit the definition of עבודה זרה. The act itself in both these cases is just a manifestation of a person's inner soul but the actual deed is the feeling inside the person's essence.
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