בס״ד

Kavanot: וֵאלקֵי אֲבותֵינוּ

Thoughts on Tanach and the Davening

tosaphot's explanation of שם ומלכות; connection to שמע and מלכיות on ר״ה.
Our right to daven is connected to the historical reality of the אבות davening (Rav Soloveitchik's essay in Worship of the Heart; my analysis of אשרי—this may belong in the introduction)