Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 19:3

רבא חזייה לרב המנונא דקא מאריך בצלותיה אמר מניחין חיי עולם ועוסקים בחיי שעה והוא סבר זמן תפלה לחוד וזמן תורה לחוד ר' ירמיה הוה יתיב קמיה דר' זירא והוו עסקי בשמעתא נגה לצלויי והוה קא מסרהב ר' ירמיה קרי עליה ר' זירא (משלי כח, ט) מסיר אזנו משמוע תורה גם תפלתו תועבה

Raba son of R. Huna put on stockings and prayed, quoting, 'prepare to meet etc.' Raba removed his cloak,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: divested himself of his costly upper cloak as a mark of humility. ');">⁶</span> clasped his hands and prayed, saying, '[I pray] like a slave before his master.' R. Ashi said: I saw R. Kahana, when there was trouble in the world, removing his cloak, clasp his hands, and pray, saying, '[I pray] like a slave before his master.' When there was peace, he would put it on, cover and enfold himself and pray, quoting, 'Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On these preparations for prayer cf. MGWJ. 1935 Vol. 4, pp. 330f. ');">⁷</span> Raba saw R. Hamnuna prolonging his prayers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the general order and contents of the service, e.g., the Eighteen Benedictions (v. Elbogen, op. cit. pp. 5, 27: [H] and [H] refer to these) was settled, the actual text was left to each individual (ibid, pp. 41 seqq.), and R. Hamnuna may have thus prayed at great length; or perhaps this length was due to devotional intensity. ');">⁸</span>

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