In the bracha of sh'ma koleinu, we start out with 3 requests:
- שמע קולינו
- חוס ורחם עלינו
- קבל ברחמים וברצון את תפילתנו
We often think that sh'ma koleinu is about HKBH hearing our tefillos, but I think there's more to it than that. Even aside from our articulated תפילות, we each have our own קולות, be they voices of happiness or sadness, accomplishment or despair, exhiliration or frustration. Even when we don't succeed at transforming those inner voices into articulated prayer, the שומע תפילות still hears them, ומלפניו ריקם לא ישיבנו.
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