Meaningful High Holiday Prayer

Hi Norman,
You are correct that the word tefillah comes from the root palel. There are commentaries (My Prayer by Nissan Mindel brings this comment) that also connect the word tefilah with the root tofel as I mentioned in the class.
Thank you for your comment!

Dear Rabbi Weinstein
You mentioned in your Rosh Hashana Drash on the prayers that the shoresh for the word Tefila is TOFEL or "Taf" 'Peh' 'Lamed'. I thought the shoresh was "Peh' ' lamed' 'lamed' as in 'palel' and the "taf' made it into a noun form as in 'Techila' (beginning) from the shoresh "chet" 'lamed' 'heh' etc. The Etymological Dictionaryof Biblical Hebrew by Matityahu Clark that is based on the commentaries of Rav
Samson Raphael Hirsh very broadly defines 'taf' 'peh' 'lamed' as lack or requiring additional effort. 'Peh' Lamed Lamed" is broadly defined as mediate or bring together often used as praying and injecting into oneself godly concepts. "TET" ( not "TAV") Peh Lamed is broadly defined as attach. Was I mistaken?

Dear Rabbi

Am a first time listener to your class. Learned so much. Thank you

Dear Rabbi Weinstein - I am not jewish, but believe that Christian and Jewish people honor and serve the same G-D. I was truly blessed with your teaching on Rosh Hashanah. May G-D continue illuminating your steps and providing supernatural wisdom to teach all of us how to create a daily bridge to access G-D through prayer. He is the only true source of peace.

Thank you Rabbi Weinstein for posting this class. When I logged onto chabad.org, my intention was to look for an interesting class on prayers for Rosh Hashana, and I definately found what I was looking for. Thank you and keep on posting your classes.

Dear Rabbi Weinstein,
I really enjoyed the teaching you gave on prayer/Rosh Hashannah. I was sitting at home... exhausted from the past week and wanted complete quiet. I read the parsha online and the comments by Rashi when I was so blessed to find this website. Then, I ate my breakfast and sat before Hashem---rather like you said on your teaching. After awhile, I went back to the website to try and find a speaker. That is when I found you. It was really special, just sitting quietly in my living room, the beautiful sun shining in through the windows and my little canary chirping (at times wildly) from the sound of your voice. I thought it was so amazing that I had, in part, experienced what you where saying... It made my solitary [day] very meaningful and quite lovely. Thank you so much for being there for me today.

Very nice class, will enhance my prayers!