In this class, we begin the request section of the Shemona Esrei. We start by asking for the most important of all commodities. WISDOM. This comes before asking for PROSPERITY or anything else because it is our intellect and ability to reason/think that makes us uniquely human. With our intellect we recognize how dependent we are on Hashem for everything and so we begin to ask. The more helpless a person feels, the more HELPFUL Hashem can be. This is the principle upon which this request section stands. Please join me on this journey through Shemona Esrei.