Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Berakhot 61:25

יכול ישאל אדם צרכיו ואח"כ יתפלל כבר מפורש על ידי שלמה שנאמר (מלכים א ח, כח) לשמוע אל הרנה ואל התפלה רנה זו תפלה תפלה זו בקשה אין אומר דבר (בקשה) אחר אמת ויציב אבל אחר התפלה אפי' כסדר וידוי של יה"כ אומר איתמר

It is possible to imagine that a man could pray for his own needs and afterwards say the statutory prayers ; but it has already been clearly stated by Solomon, viz. "To hearken unto the cry and to the prayer" (I Kings viii. 28) — "cry" means statutory prayer, and "prayer" means personal supplication. One may not offer anything [of personal supplication] after "True and firm": but after the Tefillah, he can say something even like the order of confession for the Day of Atonement, It has been likewise reported : R. Hiyya b. Ashe declared in the name of Rab :

Rashi on Berakhot

You might ask for your needs- for example the brachot of אתה חונן until שומע תפילה and afterwards pray the first three brachot that are praise.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

Singer, p. 42, i.e. between the Ge'ullah and Tefillah. See especially p. 56 n. 7.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

Singer, pp. 258 ff., and compare fol. 17a, p. 109.
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