ואתחנן אל ד'
Moshe Rabbeinu prayed – and prayed. He pleaded with Hashem five hundred and fifteen times to grant him access to enter Eretz Yisrael. It is not that Hashem did not listen. Hashem hears every prayer. Every tefillah pierces the Heavens. The answer is not always “Yes.” When we receive “No,” as an answer we think that Hashem did not hear the tefillah. He heard it, but His response is not what we want to hear. Hashem stores up the tefillos that, for one reason or another, carry a “no” response, and He transforms them into a “yes” for someone else. …
