Makom Kavua - A designated place to pray

Hi,

"Rabbi Tanchum bar Chanina said: One must designate a place in the synagogue to pray. Why? Shemuel II 15:32 says, 'And David came to the head," and then it does not say, "the place where he had prayed to Gd", but rather, "the place here he would [continue to] pray to Gd".

א"ר תנחום בר חנינא צריך אדם לייחד לו מקום בבית הכנסת להתפלל ומה טעם [שמואל ב טו לב] "ויהי דוד בא עד הראש אשר השתחוה שם לאלקים" אין כתיב כאן, אלא "אשר ישתחוה שם לאלקים" 

(Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachot 4:4)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Praying from the depths

Hi,

"One should not stand in an elevated place and daven [pray], but in a low place. It is written (Tehillim 130:1), 'I called You, Gd, from the depths.'"

(Talmud, Berachot 10b)

Have a great day,
Mordechai