Guide
Rabbinic Personal Petitions
1st–6th Centuries
Rabbinic literature supplies a number of personal prayers uttered by rabbis in several contexts and on various occasions. As expressions of rabbinic piety, they are deemed to be exemplary practice for subsequent generations.
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Personal Petitions in the Mishnah
R. Neḥuniah b. Hakaneh would recite a short prayer upon entering the house of study and upon departing.
They said to him, “What is the nature of this prayer?”…
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The Prayers of R. Yannai and R. Ḥiyya bar Abba
When he enters [the study hall], what does he say? “May it be your will, Lord my God, God of my fathers that I shall not be angry with my associates, and that my associates shall not be angry with me…
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Personal Petitions in the Babylonian Talmud
The sages taught: Upon his entrance [to the house of study—Ed.], what does [a man—Ed.] say? May it be Your will, Lord my God, that no…