ןיבוסמ וðהלילה הזה כול
ןוכלהתי םיעשר ביבס
Rebbe Nata from Shinova would interpret the Ma Nistana: why is this night different from all other nights, meaning why is this galus which is so long, different from all other exiles? The answer which was told to him by Ailiyahu Hanavi was Kulanu Mesubin. We can interpret his answer as follows. The passuk Tehillim 12,9 says סביב רשעים יתהלכון, the wicked go on the periphery כרם זולת לבני אדם. Chazal interpret these words concerning tefillah that davening is so lofty yet many people degrade and make nothing of it. The gemarah in Berachos 6b specifically darshans this passuk about davening outside in the back of the shul and it is deemed as if he goes סביב the shul. He is called a רשע. Firstly, he separates himself from the tzibbur. Secondly, what kind of davening can he have?
However, we can learn in this gemarah a deeper meaning as well. The spirit of this Chazal doesn't mean only that you are physically out of shul. You can be in shul and even answer אמן occasionally but you are really a סובב; you conduct yourself as if you are not in shul but rather at a Kiddush which you will attend later anyway. If you would observe yourself from afar you will see an individual who walks around looking for others to shmuz with. There is definitely a void of understanding of tefillah for the individual who is a סובב in the shul. The Nachash was cursed that he cannot daven to Hashem even if he wants to because his food לכאת רפע is always in front of him. It is the greatest fortune and beracha to daven to the sustainer of the universe three times a day because the bottom line is that you need Him more than He needs you.
We know what Gedolim said about the pogroms of the years תח תט for which the Tosfos Yom Tov instituted a tefillah of beracho for those individuals who refrain from talking in shul. It is a big yetzer harah especially on Shabbos to catch up with the current events when one meets his friend he hasn't seen a whole week. But such a conduct places you סביב outside of the Shul, and at that moment you become a רשע ו"ח.
