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Stunned and confused, you agree. You spend the time in the car thinking about what you'll say to the President once you arrive. After all, if you have the chance to speak to the most powerful person in the country, you sure want to make use of it.
The car arrives and you're led through security, making your way to the oval office. Once inside, Mr. Obama warmly greets you and asks you how you've been and what he can do - if he could - to make you a happier person.
After your discussion, before leaving the oval office, you turn to some of the security personnel and start making small talk. A few minutes pass by, and when you're done, you turn around, exit the room, and you are driven home.
I hope you wouldn't do that! How could you be so disrespectful to the President - in his office?! Couldn't you have just waited to leave before talking about such mundane matters? How insulting that would be!
Each morning, as we complete our davening and begin taking off our tefillin, we must remember where we are. What we are doing. We are still standing before Hashem - in His home. Just because our conversation with Him may have already ended, it would be terribly disgraceful to make small talk with our friends while still in shul.
And it would certainly be worse if you were still speaking to Hashem! But yet, so many people interrupt tefillah.
How? How could we do that?
Think about it. Is it right? Is it proper?
So, the next time someone wants to make conversation with you in the middle of davening or while taking off your tefillin, kindly tell them, "Sorry, but I'm a bit tied up right now and can't talk. Please leave a message, and I pray to get back to you later."
Say to yourself ten times today:
"Tefillah is my time with Hashem, and I appreciate my time with Him!"
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