The daily strengthening from The Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a — how to elevate prayer back to its Source.

Wednesday, 7 Tammuz 5782 — the secret of why the Tzaddik is so careful to sing before and after prayer; these are his holy words:

Because a person’s whole purpose is to sing every day—before and after prayer—some verses, a few holy words.

For only song lifts up the prayer. If a person does not sing, the prayer has no ascent at all.

That is why it is written: “Va’eschanan” elevates the song—because only through song does the prayer rise.

The main thing is to sing before prayer and after prayer—then the prayer ascends.