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in Neharde’a, where there is always a prayer quorum, except for the day when the king’s army [pulmusa] came to the city, and the rabbis were preoccupied and did not pray communally, and I prayed as an individual, and I was an individual who was not praying in a prayer quorum. Shmuel’s conduct was
Yet this opinion was not universally accepted. The Talmud relates: R' Ḥanina Kara, the Bible expert, sat before R' Yannai, and he sat and he said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda who said it in the name of R' Elazar ben Azarya. R' Yannai said to him: Go and read your ver
R' Yoḥanan said: I saw R' Yannai, who prayed and then prayed again. Presumably, his first prayer was the morning prayer and his second prayer was the additional prayer. Apparently, he does not hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar ben Azarya. Rather, he holds that even when not part of a
Regarding prayers of the rabbis, the Talmud further relates that, although there were 13 synagogues in Tiberias, R' Ami and R' Asi would only pray between the columns where they studied, as prayer is beloved in the eyes of God, specifically in a place of Torah.
It was stated: Rav Yitzḥak bar Avdimi in the name of Rabbeinu, Rav, said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda who said it in the name of R' Elazar ben Azarya. The Talmud relates: R' Ḥiyya bar Abba prayed and then prayed again. Rav Zeira said to him: Why did the Master do thi