Va'Etchanan/Nachamu: Seemingly Unanswered Prayers

How do we find comfort (Nachamu) when it feels like our prayers are hitting a wall?

In this powerful session for Shabbat Nachamu and parshat Va'Etchanan, Rav Shlomo Katz opens the Beis Avraham of Slonim to address the most painful question of faith: Why was Moshe Rabbeinu, who prayed 515 times, seemingly rejected? We explore the concept that a prayer not answered is not a prayer wasted. Rav Shlomo explains that Moshe's prayers created a spiritual "imprint" (Roshem) that became Torah itself. Drawing on the distinction between a "Minister" and a "Servant" found in the Gemara regarding Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai and Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, we learn why sometimes knowing less about how God runs the world allows us to receive more.

This episode is a guide to praying like a "destitute tree in the desert"—asking not with the logic of a minister, but with the desperate simplicity of a servant who just needs his King.

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