Tehillim 5 – How to Enter and Leave a Synagogue
Tehillim 5, or How to Enter and Leave a Synagogue
- "Va'ani berov chasdecha avo veitecha, eshtachaveh el heichal kodshecha beyiratecha" - (I, through Your abundant kindness, will enter Your House, bow down before Your Sanctuary in awe of You).
Rabbi Yosei ben Hanina said: "From here we learn that one begins prayer with awe.
Before entering the house of prayer, be filled with awe; step back from the entrance to the prayer hall because of the awe that overwhelms you, pause for a moment, stand briefly, and say:
"And I, through Your abundant kindness, will enter Your House; I will bow down before You," - and then enter.
When leaving the house of prayer, say: "G-d, guide me; make Your path straight before me," - bow and leave.
(Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 30b; Mishnah Berurah 1:46; Shulchan Aruch, 132)
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