Q&A: Salary in Exchange for Prayer
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Salary in Exchange for Prayer
Question
How much is the Rabbi willing to pay me per month in return for my dedicating my prayers, with great devotion, to his success and well-being?
Answer
0 NIS in cash (including VAT). Interested?
Discussion on Answer
Rabbi, if it were the Baba Sali asking you, would you be willing? I assume not, but why?
Because if I thought it helped, I’d do it myself. I don’t really believe that prayers have much effect, and even less in the mechanics of prayer.
Maybe it doesn’t help when I do it myself, but with Baba Sali it would help!? And how do you explain all the salvations people hear about from righteous figures who prayed on behalf of others?
Definitely interested. I’ll start praying as soon as possible and collect the money (and the interest) at the first opportunity. Salvation guaranteed.