T11 (Tinyana) PNC - K'sheAdam Mispalel BaSadeh (When a Person Prays in the Field)

Beginner: Know — when a person prays in the field, then all the grasses come into the prayer and assist him, giving him strength. This is the aspect of why prayer is called sichah (conversation), the aspect of 'And Yitzchak went out to converse in the field' (Bereshit 24:63), where siach is also the word for the bushes of the field (siach hasadeh, Bereshit 2:5). The grasses' presence is not metaphor: they actively rise and bind into the human prayer. Intermediate: כשאדם מתפלל בשדה — כל העשבים נכנסים לתפלה ומסייעים ונותנים בו כח. וזה בחי' תפלה שנקראת 'שיחה' (בראשית כ"ד:ס"ג: 'ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה'), 'שיח השדה' (בראשית ב':ה'). *Not metaphor*: each grass actually rises into the man's prayer.