“The order is meant to teach you that teshuvah is the key, and once someone embarks on teshuvah, then his tefillah and tzedakah are that much more effective”,The Moment: Living Higher,“The order is meant to teach you that teshuvah is the key, and once someone embarks on teshuvah, then his tefillah and tzedakah are that much more effective”
The visitor to Rav Chaim Kanievsky didn’t come bearing a new sefer or question in learning — he came weighted down by his problems. 5777 was a rough year for him and he’d suffered in areas of parnassah chinuch and health. He was desperate for a brachah. Rav Chaim smiled warmly and assured him that the old gezeirah has already been torn up and replaced with better times but added a thought:
“In davening we say that teshuvah tefillah and tzedakah have the power to erase an evil decree. Really any one of the three is sufficient but the order is meant to teach you that teshuvah is the key and once someone embarks on teshuvah then his tefillah and tzedakah are that much more effective. Accept upon yourself to do teshuvah in a certain area and may your tefillos and tzedakah stand by you for a sweet new year.”
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
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