Musar for Yevamot 210:4
מאן חכמים רבי יוסי היא דר' חייא ור' שמעון בר רבי הוו יתבי פתח חד מינייהו ואמר המתפלל צריך שיתן עיניו למטה שנאמר (מלכים א ט, ג) והיו עיני ולבי שם כל הימים
[and as to] a woman, whether she is of age or a minor [her <i>halizah</i> is valid]. Who [is the Tanna here described as the] Sages? — It is R. Jose. For R. Hiyya and R. Simeon b. Rabbi once sat together, when one of them began as follows:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and said'. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> A man who offers up his prayers must direct his eyes towards [the Temple]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Jerusalem. Cf. Ber. 28b, 30a. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
We have a disagreement between Rabbi Chiyah and Rabbi Shimon in Yevamot 105b as to whether, while engaged in prayer, one has to look downwards with one's eyes or upwards. The former bases his opinion on the verse (Chronicles II 7,16) והיה עיני ולבבי שם כל הימים "My eyes and My heart shall always be there" [This is G–d speaking, concerning the Temple Solomon has built]. The latter bases his opinion on the verse in Lamentations 3,41, נשא לבבנו אל כפים אל א-ל בשמים, "We shall raise our hearts with our hands to G–d in heaven." While this discussion was in progress Rabbi Yishmael son of Rabbi Yossi joined the scholars, asking them what they were debating. When told that they discussed the manner in which to pray, Rabbi Yishmael quoted his father as having said that one needs to lower one's eyes when engaged in prayer, whereas one needs to focus one's heart heavenwards, in order to comply with both verses.
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