Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

“ The masters of Mishnah said that a man needs to wait an hour [wait a while; have some quiet time] before praying, and a while after praying. Now the hint of the thing that he should tarry a while inside his prayer, is because it says (Gen. 24:21) , "And the ish (man) mishta'eh (stared, tarried) at her, mach'rish holding his peace" [also SAH = to devastate, ruin; and ChRSh = to plough] the same [word, ish] of which it says (Ex. 15:3) , "H' ish milchamah/ H' is a man of war." So after a man has tarried and prayed, if his prayer was fluent in his mouth then his prayer was definitely received. ”

“ And if the Shekhinah does not go up in his prayer, as a korban to the Holy Blessed One, behold a dog comes down to eat his korban. Woe to him! Better he were not created in the world! And of him it says (Prov. 19:23) , "Gam b'lo-da`at nefesh lo-tob/ Also without awareness, is this not-good soul." ”

“ Fortunate is he that raises her befittingly, for He inquires about her (Song 8:5) , "MI zoth `olah/ Who is this going up" - elevation precisely - "min-ha'midbar/ from the desert" - from the speech precisely, for the Holy Blessed One considers his mouth like mount Sinai, and therefore MI zoth `olah min-hamidbar etc. ”