Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 5/1
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Introduction[edit]
Hebrew Text[edit]
- אין עומדין להתפלל אלא מתוך כובד ראש.
- חסידים הראשונים היו שוהים שעה אחת ומתפללים,
- כדי שיכונו את לבם למקום.
- אפילו המלך שואל בשלומו – לא ישיבנו.
- ואפילו נחש כרוך על עקבו – לא יפסיק.
English Translation[edit]
- [One] should not stand up to pray unless he is in a serious frame of mind {lit. "heaviness of head"}.
- The original pious ones used to wait one hour and then pray,
- in order to direct their hearts towards the Omnipresent.
- [While one is reciting Shemona Esrei,] even if a [Jewish] king greets him {lit. "asks about his welfare"}, he should not respond to him,
- and even if a [non-poisonous] snake wraps around his heel, he should not interrupt [verbally].
Explanation[edit]
