The Fiery Words of His Tefillos

Sefer Sipurei Chasidim relates that the Yid Hakadosh zy’a used to daven very quickly. The Chozeh wanted to hint to him that he should daven a bit slower, so he said to him, ‘My dear friend, why do you gobble up the words of the tefillah?’

The Yid Hakadosh answered, ‘The words are so precious and sweet to me that I want to swallow them up as quickly as possible.’

The Chozeh told him, ‘Don’t you think that I also love the taste of the words of davening?’

The Yid Hakadosh replied, ‘Your words of prayer are fiery hot, so you can’t swallow them so quickly.’