Rabbi ari mandel parshas pinchos the reward is based on, horav moshe Feinstein asks the torah says it is because he stopped the plague, rabbi ari mandel explains that who stopped the plague Hashem so why is pinchos getting this great reward? Rabbi ari mandel explains horav moishe that a person gets reward for going through the motions not for actually accomplishments hashem accomplishes... rabbi ari mandel explains from horav shloime karliner, our job today is to pray to become closer to hashem and rabbi ari mandel says that horav shloime says #2 is remembering we are hashems children...