Why Aren't My Prayers Answered? The Rebbe's Answer | Intro to Likutey Moharan Torah 1 Basic 1

Kollel Toras Chaim All Shiurim · Oct 20, 2026 · 8m

Before learning the first Torah in Likutey Moharan, we hear the stories behind it. A man came to Rebbe Nachman in Medvedevka and complained that his prayers weren't being answered. He saw it because he had no chen or chashivus among the people of his town, who didn't respect his long davening. The Rebbe told him to learn something right after davening, Mishnah or Gemara, and promised that his tefillah would be accepted and that he would find chen in the eyes of Hashem and people. The man came back: "My learning doesn't light my way like the sun." The Rebbe answered: "If only it would light…