Commentary for Berakhot 60:15
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מנא ה"מ א"ר אלעזר דאמר קרא (שמואל א א, י) והיא מרת נפש
GEMARA Whence is this teaching derived? R. Eleazar said : For the Scriptures state, "She was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord" (I Sam. i. 10).
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
That one may only pray in a serious frame of mind.
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