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[anecdote] A number of years ago I asked this question of a well-known posek and received the undocumented reply that if one is physically in the room with the tzibur that is sufficient to "avoid say …

To add a couple facts to the other answers, There is also an additional prayer service (for a total of four) on each of the holidays and the beginning of every month. At least three morning prayers …

Even though there is special significance to the single line "yih'yu l'ratzon...", which is meant to be appended immediately after the end of sh'mone esre (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 122:1), there is …

(This isn't an answer but it might have implications for one.) The consideration of non-verbal substitutes for verbal communication is discussed in the G'mara in Gitin, which says that in some circum …

There is a rule that one should stand still after reciting sh'mone esre and taking three steps backwards, preferably until k'dusha, but at least for a few moments (the amount of time it takes to walk …

Those two lines, which begin with the same word, "ashrei", are excerpted thematically from two other chapters of T'hilim - 84 and 144 - as explained on Wikipedia.

Assuming we are referring to the requests we've made previously, there are still ways in which a request can be granted. Indeed we do not implore God "accept our prayers", but "pity us and accept our …

The encyclopedic Nit'ei Gavri'el (Avelus vol. 2) says that there is no difference in quality between various instances of kadish - be they recited during t'fila, after recitation of T'hilim, or otherw …

This question is addressed using the same comment of Tosafos that is @JoelK's jumping-off-point, in Y'sodos Hat'fila (p. 181). Among the other answers, the most compelling one is that between minchas …

The example of tzitzis does stand out as being a gateway mitzva to the fulfillment of the others. Tzitzis is commanded initially as a mnemonic tool to spur one on to performance of all other mitzvos i …

What are all the times when we say the t'fila beginning with the words "עלינו לשבח" commonly known as "Alenu"? Clearly, saying it at the conclusion of things is a theme. But hopefully more specificit …

Is there a nusach hat'fila in which the 16th b'racha of the amida begins with "אב הרחמן" at shacharis only and skips those words at other t'filos? I heard recently that this is in fact printed in som …

The S'fas Emes certainly seems to think the n'shama spends the night in the same olam han'shamos that it came from when the person was born. This is implied in the fact that in discussing Modeh Ani, h …

When the g'mara used the term "shacharis" it referred to Sh'moneh Esre, all of which is prayer. Likewise, when it used the term t'fila, generally translated as "prayer", it meant Sh'moneh Esre alone. …

Here are some! For Nusach Ashkenaz: At the end of shacharis (when there's no mussaf) At the end of mincha At the end of ma'ariv At the end of mussaf At the end of kidush l'vana At a b'ris Shemoneh …