A Woman's Candle Stays Lit Throughout the Night | The Power of Women's Prayers (7)

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When Shlomo HaMelech says of the Eishes Chayil “לא יכבה בלילה נרה – her candle doesn’t go out at night,” what is that “candle” – and why does it make a woman’s tefillah so powerful? In this week’s Power of Women’s Prayers, Rav Shlomo Katz continues in the teachings of the Biala Rebbe on tefilas nashim and opens up the inner world of a woman’s everyday mesirus nefesh. From “ותתן טרף לביתה – she gives food to her household” to the sleepless worry of “לא יכבה בלילה נרה,” we learn how a woman’s constant giving is not “just life,” but a living fulfillment of “ואהבת לרעך כמוך – love your fellow as yourself,” and why that becomes the key that opens Sha’arei Shamayim. Through the story of Abba Chilkiya and his wife, whose rain came in her merit first, and the Arizal’s “הריני מקבל על עצמי מצות עשה של ואהבת לרעך כמוך” before davening, Rav Shlomo shows how women so often live this pasuk in the most simple, practical ways: feeding, clothing, worrying, holding everyone together in “גלות הגוף והנפש.” That hidden Ahavas Yisrael is what makes a woman’s candle – and her tefillah – burn through the night for all of Am Yisrael. A shiur of chizuk for women, and a gentle wake-up call for men to recognize whose tefillos are quietly holding the world together. ---------- For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t