The synagogue and prayer

Question 1

How are regular opportunities of prayer provided?

Answer 1

• through daily communal services at the synagogue. Synagogue can therefore be designated at bet tefillah (house of prayer)

Question 2

What prayers are used at the synagogue?

Answer 2

• prayers taken from the siddur
• set prayers
• prayers in UK offered to royal family and the state of Israel

Question 3

What do the service times correspond with?

Answer 3

The timings when sacrifices were made at the Temple in Jerusalem

Question 4

How is praying at regular times helpful?

Answer 4

• provides a timetable in which a person can set aside time for devekut
• keep a person conscious of the bigger context which they live in
• rabbinic tradition teaches that there is greater value praying in a community than praying alone