Midrash for Taanit 3:6
וליתני התם מ"ש דשבקיה עד הכא
R'JUDAH SAYS: THE LAST TO STEP BEFORE THE ARK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To step before the Ark (tebah) , a technical term denoting the recitation of the tefillah or the Amidah by the reader. V. R.H., Sonc. ed. p. 160, n. 9.');"><sup>6</sup></span> ON THE LAST DAY OF THE FEAST MAKES MENTION, THE FIRST DOES NOT; ON THE FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER THE FIRST MAKES MENTION, THE LAST DOES NOT.
Sifrei Devarim
Variantly: "and to serve Him": This is prayer. — But perhaps it is service, literally. It is, therefore, written "with all your heart." Now is there "service" in the heart? What, then, is the intent of "and to serve Him with all your heart? Prayer.
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