The Power of Bowing Down Before the LORD

"And he bowed down there to the LORD" (1 Samuel 1:28). The exiles will be gathered in only by the merit of bowing down, as it is said, "and you shall bow down from afar" (Isaiah 27:13 / cf. Exodus 24:1). Hannah was remembered [granted a child] only by the merit of bowing down, as it is said, "and he bowed down there to the LORD" (1 Samuel 1:28). The Temple was built only by the merit of bowing down, as it is said, "exalt the LORD our God and bow down" (Psalms 99:5). The dead will live again only by the merit of bowing down, as it is said, "Come, let us bow down and kneel; let us bless before the LORD our Maker" (Psalms 95:6).