Tefila Book Davka - The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education

Vol. 1 No. 3
dltzd z` oiadl
b"qyz jlie-miavp zyxt
TRANSLATION OF SOURCES
'` dkld '` wxt dltz zekld Î m"anx-1. It is a positive commandment from the Torah
to pray each day based on the verse: You shall serve G-d, your G-d. In our Oral Tradition
we learned that the service referred to in that verse represents prayer based on a second
verse: And to serve Him with our hearts. Our Sages said: what is considered service of the
heart? It must be through prayer. The number of times to pray each day is not learned from
the Torah; and the wording of the prayers is not derived from the Torah nor is there a set
time of day in which to pray according to the Torah. 2. As a result, women and male
non-Jewish slaves are required to pray each day because prayer is a mitzvah that does not
have a fixed time. The nature of the mitzvah is that each day Man must pour out his
thoughts and pray and recite praises of G-d. Then Man requests his needs in a pleading
manner and then again recites praises and gives thanks to G-d for all the good that G-d has
bestowed upon him; each one uses his best efforts to phrase his prayers.
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