“Shomea Tefilla” – “He hears prayer”: Rabbi Yehuda ben Shalom said in the name of Rabbi Elazar: The nature of flesh and blood is that if a poor person comes to tell him something, he does not listen; if a rich person comes to say something, he immediately listens and accepts it. But the Holy One, Blessed is He, is not like that; rather all are equal before Him – - women, slaves, poor people and rich people . . . The same language is used regarding Moshe (Moses), master of all the prophets, as is used regarding a poor person . . . to inform you that all are equal in prayer before G-d.
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