should include

<<a person

<<himself

<<with

<<the congregation.

<<How

<<shall he say?

<<“May it be

<<the will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<that You lead us

<<in peace,”

<<etc.

When

<<does he pray it?

<<Rabbi Yaakov said in the name of Rav Chisda:

<<From the time

<<that he walks

<<on the road.

<<Up to

<<how far?

<<Rabbi Yaakov said in the name of Rav Chisda:

<<Up to

<<a parsah.

<<And how

<<does he pray

<<it?

<<Rav Chisda

<<said:

<<Standing.

<<Rav Sheshes

<<said:

<<Even

<<walking.

Rav Chisda

<<and Rav Sheshes

<<were

<<walking

<<on the road.

<<Stood up

<<Rav Chisda

<<and was

<<praying.

<<Rav Sheshes said

<<to his attendant:

<<What

<<is

<<doing

<<Rav Chisda?

<<He said to him:

<<He is standing

<<and praying.

<<He said to him:

<<Stand me up

<<also,

<<me,

<<and I will pray:

<<“From being

<<good,

<<do not

<<be called

<<bad.”

What

<<is there

<<between

<<“Havinenu”

<<and the prayer

<<short?

<<“Havinenu” —

<<he needs

<<to pray

<<three

<<first [blessings]

<<and three

<<last ones,

<<and when

<<he reaches

<<his house

<<not

<<does he need

<<to go back

<<to pray;

<<with the prayer

<<short,

<<not

<<does he need

<<to pray

<<neither

<<three

<<first ones

<<nor

<<three

<<last ones,

<<and when

<<he reaches

<<his house

<<he needs

<<to go back

<<to pray.

And the halacha is:

<<“Havinenu” —

<<standing;

<<the prayer

<<short —

<<whether

<<standing

<<or

<<walking.

“If he was

<<riding

<<on

<<a donkey,

<<etc.”

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<If he was

<<riding

<<on

<<a donkey

<<and arrived

<<the time of

<<prayer,

<<if

<<there is

<<for him

<<someone

<<who will hold

<<his donkey,

<<he should get down

<<below

<<and pray;

<<and if

<<not,

<<he should sit

<<in his place

<<and pray.

<<Rebbi

<<says:

<<Whether

<<so

<<or

<<so,

<<he should sit

<<in his place

<<and pray,

<<because

<<is not

<<his mind

<<settled

<<on him.

Rava said,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<The halacha is

<<like Rebbi.

The Rabbis taught:

<<A blind man

<<and one who

<<is not

<<able

<<to orient

<<the directions

<<should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<his Father

<<who is in heaven,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall pray

<<to

<<Hashem.”

If he was

<<standing

<<outside

<<the Land,

<<he should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<the Land of

<<Israel,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall pray

<<to You

<<by way of

<<their land.”

<<If he was

<<standing

<<in the Land of

<<Israel,

<<he should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<Jerusalem,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall pray

<<to

<<Hashem

<<by way of

<<the city

<<that

<<You have chosen.”

<<If he was

<<standing

<<in Jerusalem,

<<he should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<the Temple,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall pray

<<toward

<<this house.”

<<If he was

<<standing

<<in the Temple,

<<he should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<the House of

<<the Holy of

<<Holies,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall pray

<<toward

<<this place.”

<<If he was

<<standing

<<in the House of

<<the Holy of

<<Holies,

<<he should direct

<<his heart

<<toward

<<the House of

<<the Ark-cover.

<<If he was

<<standing

<<behind

<<the House of

<<the Ark-cover,

<<he should see

<<himself

<<as if

<<before

<<the Ark-cover.

<<It emerges:

<<one standing

<<in the east

<<turns

<<his face

<<to the west;

<<in the west,

<<turns

<<his face

<<to the east;

<<in the south,

<<turns

<<his face

<<to the north;

<<in the north,

<<turns

<<his face

<<to the south.

<<It emerges:

<<all

<<Israel

<<direct

<<their hearts

<<to one place.

Rabbi Avin said,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Avina:

<<What

<<is its verse?

<<“Like the tower of

<<David

<<is your neck,

<<built

<<for ‘talpiyos’” —

<<a hill (tel)

<<that all

<<mouths (piyos)

<<turn

<<to it.

The father

<<of Shmuel

<<and Levi,

<<when

<<they would

<<want

<<to go out

<<on the road,

<<would

<<rise early

<<and pray;

<<and when

<<would

<<arrive

<<the time of

<<the Shema,

<<they would recite.

Like whom?

<<Like

<<this

<<tanna.

<<As it is taught:

<<If he rose early

<<to go out

<<on the road,

<<they bring

<<him

<<a shofar

<<and he blows;

<<a lulav,

<<and he shakes [it];

<<a Megillah,

<<and he reads

<<it;

<<and when arrives

<<the time of

<<the Shema,

<<he recites.

<<If he rose early

<<to sit

<<in a wagon

<<or

<<in a ship,

<<he prays,

<<and when arrives

<<the time of

<<the Shema,

<<he recites.

Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<says:

<<Whether

<<so

<<or

<<so,

<<he recites

<<the Shema

<<and prays,

<<so that

<<he will juxtapose

<<redemption

<<to prayer.

In what

<<do they disagree?

<<One Master

<<holds:

<<prayer

<<standing

<<is preferable;

<<and the other Master

<<holds:

<<juxtaposing

<<redemption

<<to prayer

<<is preferable.

Mareimar

<<and Mar Zutra

<<would

<<gather

<<a group of

<<ten

<<on the Shabbos

<<of the festival

<<and pray,

<<and then

<<go out

<<to the lecture.

Rav Ashi

<<would pray

<<with

<<the congregation

<<individually,

<<sitting.

<<When

<<he would

<<come

<<to his house,

<<he would go back

<<and pray

<<standing.

<<They said

<<to him,

<<the Rabbis:

<<But let do

<<the Master

<<like Mareimar

<<and Mar Zutra!

<<He said to them:

<<It is burdensome

<<for me,

<<the matter.

<<But let do

<<the Master

<<like the father

<<of Shmuel

<<and Levi!

<<He said to them:

<<Not

<<have I seen

<<them,

<<the Rabbis

<<older

<<than us,

<<who do

<<so.

MISHNAH:

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<says:

<<There is no

<<prayer of

<<the Mussafim

<<except

<<with an association of

<<a town.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<with an association of

<<a town

<<and not

<<with an association of

<<a town.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says

<<in his name:

<<Any

<<place

<<that there is

<<there

<<an association of

<<a town,

<<an individual

<<is exempt

<<from the prayer of

<<the Mussafim.

GEMARA:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<is the same as

<<the first tanna!

<<There is [a difference]

<<between them:

<<an individual

<<not

<<with an association of

<<a town;

<<the first tanna

<<holds:

<<exempt;

<<and Rabbi Yehuda

<<holds:

<<obligated.

Rav Huna bar Chinana said in the name of Rav Chiya bar Rav:

<<The halacha is

<<like Rabbi Yehuda,

<<who said [it]

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya.

<<Rav Chiya bar Avin said to him:

<<Well

<<are you saying,

<<for Shmuel said:

<<In my days

<<not

<<have I prayed

<<the prayer

<<of Mussafim

<<individually