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On the Status of Minor Fasts In the Talmudic discussion
Jewish prayer is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the Siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. Prayer, as a “service of the heart”, is in principle a Torah-based commandment. Jews are supposed to pray three times a day; morning, afternoon, and evening. The Jewish prayer book (called a siddur) has special services set down for this. Praying regularly enables a person to get better at building their relationship with God. After all, most things get better with practice.

On the Status of Minor Fasts In the Talmudic discussion

At some obscure turning-point in the history of Jewish observance,

In Parashat Matot we are introduced to the legal intricacies

וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן אֶל־יְיָ בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖יא – I was pleading with God

Prayer is not a biblical commandment. According to Nahmanides, that
1. The poetic-theological introduction to the Shofar עוקד והנעקד והמזבח.
In a famous passage in Exodus, God reveals some of