Depending on your own merit during prayer or in the merit of others - Brochos Daf 10b - Lines 20 - 28
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By Avrohom Adler
Published on 03/30/2008
If you depend on your own merit, your prayer may be answered dependent upon the merit of others.
If you depend on the merit of others, your prayer may be answered dependent upon your own merit.