Note 112 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 4)

This was necessary for two reasons: it served to foster a disposition for devotion and to assist the multitude in their endeavour to give expression to their feelings; it gave also uniformity to the prayers, which is indispensable in public Divine Worship (‏תפלה בצבור‎).—The free effusion of our heart before our Creator is by no means restrained, and is certainly not intended to be excluded by these regulations. ↑