Commentary for Berakhot 64:3
וא"ר אלעזר גדולה תפלה יותר מן הקרבנות שנא' (ישעיהו א, יא) למה לי רוב זבחיכם וכתיב ובפרשכם כפיכם
R. Eleazar also said : Greater is prayer than sacrifices ; as it is said, "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me?" (Is. i. 11), and it is written, "And when ye spread forth your hands" (ibid. v. 15).
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
In supplication. Since the text means that having rejected their sacrifices, God will even reject their supplications, it follows that prayer is of higher importance than the offering.
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