Secrets of Kosher Minyan
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1:42So first and foremost, we have to understand that our tefillah, by ourselves, is not always 100%. And Chazal tells us that when our tefillah is not very good, it hits a roadblock in Shamayim. I'm sure you all heard this. Why do we pray with a minyan? Because Hashem has mercy on us, and He knows what His creation is. He says, at least if you pray with a minyan, "I'm going to take the best piece of each one and make it into one prayer." What is it like? Rabbi Aaron Luria said this is like, I'm sorry, this is Rabbi Bunim of Peshischa, who said, "What is this like? This is like comparing giving somebody an old ugly coin as payment." He says, at least if you pray with a minyan, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will take the best part of each person's prayer and combine them into one perfectly beautiful tefillah. What is it comparable to? Rabbi Bunim of Pshischa explained that it is like trying to pay someone with an old, ugly coin. Or giving them a bunch of coins that are okay with one ugly coin in it. If you have one ugly coin that's almost broken, the person might say, "Do me a favor, give me something else. Give me a different coin." You know, sometimes you want to pay someone, and you hand over a crumpled, half-ripped $20, and the person says, "Please, give me a regular $20. Tape this one, do something. Why are you giving me this worn-out $20 bill?"
3:03Give me a regular $20, right? But if you gave the guy a wad of a thousand bucks, and there are a few homeless ones inside that are ripped, that are crumpled, that are this, do you think he's going to say, "give me different ones?" No. Why? Because it's in there; it's part of the whole chavilah, it's part of the package. It's fine. That's our tefillah. That's our tefillah. If it's just you by yourself and your tefillah is alone, Hashem is going to say, give me something else. Do me a favor. Give me something else. I don't want this. Being part of a minyan, a minyan is kosher. Not mechalelei Shabbat and resha'im. You have at least ten kosher people in there. Then, my friend, if there's a couple of ones that are not so good, it's okay. We'll let it pass. There's enough good here. I'll take the best piece of each one.
