Requesting Personal Needs on the Sabbath
We learned that it is forbidden to request one’s needs [in prayer] on the Sabbath. R. Zeira asked R. Ḥiyya bar Ba, “What about saying ‘Our Shepherd, sustain us’?” He replied, “This is a standard formula of blessings.”
Translated by Avi Steinhart.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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