Tefillah Standing Before G D

When the great Tanna Rebbi Eliezer was about to die, his students came to visit him. They said to him, “Rebbi, teach us the ways of life through which we will merit to live in Olam Haba.” He told them three things. One of them was, “When you are davening, know before Whom you stand.”

This phrase, which is now inscribed above many an aron kodesh in shuls around the world, encapsulates the essence of davening: to remember that you stand before Hashem, and He is listening to your tefillos.

Adapted from Emunah in the Classroom