”Kavanas HaLev’ the feelings in the heart is not meaning behind the Mitzva of prayer, it is the Mitzva of Prayer. This is most underscored in Chana’s prayer, where her request and the connection with Hashem she created are much closer than when one has an ordinary request. The Rebbe compares this difference to Tefilla…

Conclusion. This offers a much deeper understanding of the connection between Chana’s Prophecy and Rosh Hashana. Our crowning Hashem as King is about a deep connection and involvement in His world. This is what Chana’s Tefilla epitomized. Page 187-8.

The story of Chana isn’t read only because the story happened on Rosh Hashana but because it teaches us an Avoda lesson for this day.

Eli the Priest construes Chana’s intense prayer as some kind of drunkenness.

The presumed state of every Jew during the 10 days of Teshuva is on the level of the 13 attributes of mercy (“higher than Hishtalshelus” i.e. reason).

How can one ask for personal needs and crown a king (total submission) at the same time?

Kingship vs. Ruler-ship.

Can one be so “Bottul” as to crown a king and still have (and ask for) personal needs. The same question could apply to the daily prayers as well.

Answer on Rosh Hashana our personal needs aren’t personal at all. They are about fulfilling our destiny, and go to (or come from) our very core.