What Happens to Unanswered Prayers?
I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a wasted prayer.
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At 8:39 p.m. on April 25, the texts and tweets began appearing on my phone: a six-year-old boy named Menachem Goldberg was missing. A reference photo showed the little boy wearing a kippah and tallit, smiling from ear to ear as he held a Star Wars figurine still in its box. He looked so small and innocent, and my heart sank down to my feet.
At 8:40 p.m., friends started sending me and hundreds of others links to Tehillim (Psalms) on WhatsApp group chats, along with Menachem’s full Hebrew name and that of his mother (according to the Jewish custom for praying for someone’s health and safety).