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The Virtue of Prayer Slideshow
1. BS’D
A Journey through Jewish Prayer
Unit 1: The Virtue of Prayer
Based on the MorashaSyllabus.com Curriculum
2. Introduction
In this unit we shall explore the exalted status of prayer
in the Jewish worldview. The point here is simply to
establish clearly just how significant prayer is. As we
progress through the slides we will begin to understand
why.
3. Part A. The Craft of Our Fathers
Informal, individual prayer
was established by the Avot
(the Patriarchs) prior to the
Temple period.
The Avot are our
forefathers – Avraham,
Yitzchak and Yaakov. Maarat Hamachpela
In Chevron, Israel
Burial place of Avraham & Sarah,
Yitzchak & Rivkah, Yaakov & Leah
4. Source #1
Talmud Bavli Berachot 26b
The Avot introduced three prayers:
(This source continues on the next slide.)
6. Later in Jewish history, the
practice of the Avot (forefathers)
stood the Jewish people in good
stead.
Being chased by the Mitzrim
(Egyptians) after the mass
exodus from Mitzrayim (Egypt),
trapped between the advancing
army on one side and the vast
sea on the other, the Jewish
people prayed to Hashem.
7. Source #2
Shemot, Perek 14, Passuk 10
Before the sea split, the Jewish people prayed:
Rashi comments on the word -
8. Source #3
“Rabbi Kadoozy”
Visit
http://www.chabad.or
g/240369.
Watch the video there,
in which Rabbi
Kadoozy answers a
question about prayer
and Jono asks G-d to
write his term paper.
9. Part B. The Mitzvah to Pray
Aside from being
the “craft of our
forefathers,” prayer
is also a mitzvah.
For the Jewish
people, it is a
mitzvah to pray
every day.
10. Source #1
Devarim, Perek 11, Passuk 13
We are commanded to serve Hashem with our heart:
11. Source #2
Rambam, Hilchot Tefillah (the Laws of Prayer) 1:1
The connection of prayer to Avodah is derived in the
Talmud as the service (Avodah) of the heart:
12. The essence of the mitzvah to pray, called “service of the
heart,” is daily and has three elements to it:
The actual source for this is on the following slide.
13. Source #3
Rambam, Hilchot Tefillah (the Laws of Prayer) 1:2
Prayer is comprised of praise, request, and thanks to G-
d:
14. There is an additional mitzvah: to pray at a time of
need. Every person (Jew and non-Jew alike) is
required to believe in Hashem. Praying at a time of
need demonstrates that we believe in Hashem.
The actual source for this is on the following slide.
15. Source #4: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
Igrot Moshe, Orach Chaim Vol. II, Ch. 24
Prayer demonstrates a basic belief in Hashem:
“The essence of belief in Hashem is that only He can
ultimately guarantee our livelihood or cure our diseases.
And when a person does not trust in Hashem and does
not pray to Him, it is as if he is denying belief in Hashem
for the sake of belief in something else.”
16. Since Jews and non-Jews alike are
required to pray to Hashem in a
time of need, the Bait Hamikdash
(the Holy Temple in Jerusalem),
was called by the prophet
Yeshayahu “a house of prayer for
all the nations” (see source on
the next slide).
17. Source #5
Yeshayahu Perek 56, Passuk 7
The Bait Hamikdash (the Holy Temple in Jerusalem)
was, and will be again, a house of prayer for everyone:
19. Source #1
Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 1:2
“Divine Service” is one of the three principal goals of
Creation:
“Shimon the Righteous was one of the last survivors of the
Great Assembly. He used to say, 'The world rests on three
things: On Torah, on Avodah (Divine service; serving Hashem)
and on acts of kindness.’”
20. The importance of prayer is derived from its direct
relationship to Avodah (Divine service in the Bait
Hamikdash, the Holy Temple in Jersualem). After the
destruction of the Bait Hamikdash, prayer replaced
Avodah as a primary means of building a relationship
with God on both a personal and national level.
This idea is hinted to in the next source.
21. Source #2
Hoshea, Perek 14, Passuk 3
No longer with a Bait Hamikdash (Holy Temple), our
prayers replace the sacrifices:
“So we will render for calves [i.e., sacrifices] the
offering of our lips [i.e., prayer].”
In other words: We will offer the words of our lips
instead of calves.
22. Source #3: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
The Handbook of Jewish Thought, Vol. II
“Just as a sacrifice unites the spiritual and material by
making a lowly animal the object of serving God, so
does prayer unite the spiritual and material by making
the request of our material needs a service of God. It is
for this reason that, when it is impossible to bring
sacrifices, prayer can be offered in their stead, as the
prophet exclaimed, “We will offer the words of our lips
instead of calves” (Hoshea 14:3)”
