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The Afternoon Service corresponds to the daily afternoon sacrifice (Num. 28:2). Min\u0125a, literally \u201cmeal offering,\u201d was not unique to the afternoon sacrifice. The afternoon service may have become known as Min\u0125a because of the verse in Psalms (141:2, \u201cMay my prayer be like incense before You, the lifting up of my hands like the afternoon offering [<\/span>min\u0125at arev<\/span><\/i>].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The sages attached special significance to the afternoon prayer, noting that Elijah\u2019s prayer was answered at this time (I Kings 18:36). It is easier to pray in the morning and evening as we are about to begin or end our engagement with the world for the day. Min\u0125a is more demanding. It means that we are turning to God in the midst of all our distractions. We are bringing Him into our life when it is maximally preoccupied with other things. Min\u0125a is the\u00a0<\/span>triumph of the important over the urgent, of what matters ultimately over what matters \u00a0immediately. That is why prayer in the midst of the day has a special transformative power.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ba\u2019al Shem Tov said: Imagine a man whose business hounds him through many streets and across the marketplace throughout the day. He almost forgets that there is a Maker of the world. Only when the time for the afternoon prayer comes, does he remember, \u201cI must pray.\u201d And then, from the bottom of his heart, he heaves a sigh of regret that he has spent his day on idle matters, and he runs into a side street and stands there and prays. God holds him dear, very dear, and his prayer pierces the heavens. <\/span><\/p>\n

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