Questions on Poetic and Emotional Elements of Prayer

by Rabbi Neil Fleischmann

Where in our prayers do we -

1 – ask G-d, “Nod your head to my blessing?”
2 - say, “we ended our years like a thought left unspoken?”
3 – ask that our dreams during sleep should not be bad ones (2 places)?
4 – proclaim that G-d’s anger is momentary and that He desires life?
5 - declare, “I am the servant of The Holy One, Blessed Be He?”
6 – beseech G-d to “”look down from Heaven and see how we have become an object of scorn and derision?”
7. mention G-d’s love for us.(list at least 3 prayers)
8. say, “True it is: the G-d of all time is our King?”
9. assert gratefulness to G-d for being there “when the pains of death oppressed me, when the straits of the grave gained hold over me.”
10. ask That G-d not place us in a situation where we need to receive gifts from people.