Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

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It says in SA O’CH 98,5 that a person should not figure that he is worthy to be listened to because he had special kevonos in tefila as this brings to more scrutiny above to see whether he is really worthy to be listened to and if he is, his reward of his good deeds will be deducted. A person should ask for a matnas chinom as Moshe Rabbenu did not ask even for the good deeds he could have done in Eretz Yisroel. It says אליך ה’ אקרא ואל אדנ-י אתחנן, starts off with second person, direct and finishes in third person? Starts with midas horachamim and finishes with midas hadin? The two are related as we just said. We have to recognize that if we want a matnas chinom only the Master of the Universe has the ability to grant it.
The gemora says in Maseches Shabbos (32,2) אמר רב יצחק בריה דרב יהודה: לעולם יבקש אדם רחמים שלא יחלה, שאם יחלה – אומרים לו: הבא זכות והפטר. A person should ask that he should not get sick because if he gets sick they tell him bring your benefits to get healed. אם יש לו פרקליטין גדולים – ניצול, ואם לאו – אינו ניצול. ואלו הן פרקליטין של אדם – תשובה ומעשים טובים he needs great defenders, teshuva and good deeds to get saved. This might be the reason Hashem creates the cure before the illness as we might not be worthy to be saved at the time of the illness. This is the reason a person should not go under a bent wall that might fall because they will check above if he is worthy to be saved. Also, if you want the other should be punished let us see if you are worthy of it.
If a person extends his prayer to ask for mercy because he thinks he is not worthy that prayer is beneficial.