Davening Like a Pauper:The pasuk states (Tehillim 109:4) that Dovid Hamelech said, “I am tefillah.”Sefer M’Zekeinim Esbonen quotes the Rebbe of Kobrin zy”a as explaining that usually when a person wants to make a request of someone else, he sits down with a pen and paper and writes a letter, detailing what he needs. However, when a poor man dressed in torn rags needs help, he doesn’t need to write a letter. Everyone can see what he needs. Thus, Dovid was saying, “I am tefillah! Hashem, just look at me and You can see what I need.”