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Personal Request on Shabbos

Question:

Shalom. If I'm sitting down on Shabbos with a Gemara and I cry out ... Oh HaShem, please help me understand this Gemara, Is that considered a personal request? Thank you.

 

Answer:

Hello,

It is permitted to ask Hashem for hatzlocha in what you are learning, being that it is a tefillah for ruchnius. In fact, we are to do it each time we sit down to learn. We say the tefillah of R’ Necuchya ben Hakona, that Hashem should open our eyes and we should understand what we are learning.

Hatzlocha

Sources:

הליכות שלמה פי"ד אות יא "מותר לכתחלה לומר בשבת תפלת רבי נהוניא בן הקנה שקודם הלמוד (ברכות כ"ח ע"ב שו"ע ס' קי ס"ח) כי בקשה על ענינים רוהנם אינה בכלל בקשת צרכים האסורה בשבת".

 

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