One Who Values His Friend Has His Prayers Accepted

Sefarim Hakedoshim say that the power of achdus is so great that it allows our tefillos to be accepted and for us to receive an abundance of goodness and blessing.

The pasuk states (Malachi 3:16): "Then the G-d-fearing men spoke to their friends, and Hashem listened and heard it." The Aryeh D'Brei Ilai zy"a (quoted in Devash Hasadeh, Ois 80) explains this to mean that when Yidden speak to each other as friends and value each other by considering every friend to be "G-d-fearing", then Hashem will listen and accept our tefillos.

The Kobriner Rebbe zy"a learns this from the pasuk in Tehillim (116:10): “Heʼemanti ki adaber." (I believed so I spoke.) He says that "emunah" can mean dragging something down from above. Thus, the pasuk can be understood as saying that through the power of holy speech said by a united group of people, one can drag down all types of blessing from above.

Similarly, Yaakov Avinu told his sons (Bereishis 49:1): "H'asfi v'agida lachem." (Gather and I will tell you.) Rav Osher Yeshaya of Ropshitz zy"a (quoted in Ohr Yesha, Parshas Vayechi) explains that “agidah” can mean to drag down (as in the expression "gud agid"). The pasuk is saying that through achdus one can drag down all of his needs from above.