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    Chapter 1 · Me'eimatai

    An Opportune Time and Communal Prayer

    Lesson 7 of 64 26 min

    The discussion stresses prayer with the community and links an opportune time to its prayer time. Read the phrase as an interpretation of a verse, not a guarantee that every request will be fulfilled exactly as desired.

    Lesson goals
    • 01Connect an opportune time to the community.
    • 02Distinguish prayer’s value from a guaranteed outcome.
    01

    Source and decoding

    Berakhot 8a
    אימתי עת רצון — בשעה שהצבור מתפללין.

    When is an opportune time? When the congregation is praying.

    The discussion stresses prayer with the community and links an opportune time to its prayer time. Read the phrase as an interpretation of a verse, not a guarantee that every request will be fulfilled exactly as desired.

    02

    Building the reasoning

    1. 1Connect an opportune time to the community.
    2. 2Distinguish prayer’s value from a guaranteed outcome.
    Practice

    Return to the source and connect an opportune time to the community. Then explain how the central distinction follows from the excerpt. Mark what is explicit and what is explained by the surrounding discussion.

    Lesson wrap-up

    The discussion stresses prayer with the community and links an opportune time to its prayer time. Read the phrase as an interpretation of a verse, not a guarantee that every request will be fulfilled exactly as desired.

    Check your understanding

    Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

    Question 1 of 1

    What is the opportune time linked to?