On the topic of tefillah, brachos, and amen, we take this opportunity to discuss the importance of saying the korbanos and the ketores before Shacharis and before Minchah.
The Zohar (vol.2 218:) states that whoever says the ketores with kavanah, will be saved from all types of bad things, and he will be protected from bad thoughts. "No harm will befall him the entire day..."
The Zohar (Vayeira, Midrash HaNe'elam 100:) states, "Whoever says the ketores with kavanah in beis medresh, there is a covenant that all of the malachim who tell the sins of man won't be able to harm him. They can only do good with him... Once, I was traveling and I met Eliyahu HaNavi zachur l'tov. I asked him, 'Tell me what is good for people. [What can they do, that it should be good for them?]' Eliyahu replied, 'There are malachim in heaven appointed to tell the sins of people before Hashem's Throne. When Bnei Yisrael say the korbanos with kavanah, these malachim have to say good things about Bnei Yisrael and they must judge them favorably. When there is a plague, r'l, an announcement comes forth from Hashem to all malachim in heaven that if Hashem's nation gathers in beis medresh and say the ketores with kavanah, the mageifah must stop.'"
The Gemara (Megillah 16.) tells that on the sixteenth of Nisan, Mordechai HaTzaddik taught his students the mitzvah of korban omer. Haman arrived and asked them what they were learning. When he heard, he said, "Your handful of flour pushed away my ten thousand kikar of silver coins."
The Chofetz Chaim asks, how did Mordechai have the peace of mind to study Torah with students when the entire nation was in danger? And why did he teach the children specifically about the korban omer? The answer is, says the Chofetz Chaim, that Mordechai wanted to teach them about the korbanos because saying korbanos silences all prosecuting malachim and brings salvation to Klal Yisrael.
10. Reb Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt'l said that saying korbanos before Minchah is mesugal not to need to visit a doctor. For all those who claim that they don't have time to say korbanos, let them remember that the few moments it takes to say korbanos is a lot shorter than the time people spend waiting for a doctor, r'l.
