(The Segulah of Learning Zera Shimshon)
Moshe cries out for his tzaraas-stricken sister: "Heal her, please G-d," he entreats. Rashi asks why add the words "Please G-d," and explains that it teaches us that whenever someone is asking for something he should add pleasant words while making a request.
The Zera Shimshon expounds that it is important to always conduct conversations with derech eretz especially when asking for something.
The Torah tells us that Moshe screams out to Hashem, but the Gemara in Brachos (24b) tells us that someone who raises his voice during davening is following in the way of a navi sheker. This teaches us that we're supposed to daven quietly.
The Rema, however, tells us that one is allowed to raise his voice in prayer in order to teach his children how to daven.
The Ohr HaChaim points out that the pasuk uses the lashon of "leimor," which means to tell over. Whenever the pasuk says "leimor" it means it is a lesson in some way for Bnei Yisroel. This is why Moshe Rabbeinu cried out in a loud voice and used these words of "Please G-d." It was to teach us a lesson about how we should daven by displaying derech eretz while making a request.
Source: Zera Shimshon Parshas Bahaaloscha
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