five things you gotta do first! DSH #22

Welcome to today's daily mitzvah. Today we have one mitzvah to pray to Hashem and the rabbis established exactly how to pray to Hashem because the rabbis know the best way to do it and this is called the or the prayer of the 18th blessing 18 which actually they added one later so it's 19 but it's still called the Rambam tells us five important things to take care of before you start to pray. Number one make sure your hands are pure you have washed your hands. Number two, that you are dressed appropriately. Number three, that the place you are praying in is appropriate to dav in in a nice place, not a place you're not supposed to den, like a restroom or something of that like. Number four, making sure that there's nothing that would distract us. Like if we need to really go to the bathroom really badly and won't be able to even focus on your prayer, shouldn't start praying in that kind of a state. And number five, you should make sure that your mind is clear and you're not angry about something or distracted by something. These are five prerequisites to prepare yourself before you start to pray the holy holy prayer of the Amida.