Editing Jewish prayer (section)

===Biblical origin===
According to the [[Babylonian Talmud]], prayer is a [[mitzvah|biblical command]]:

{{Blockquote|You shall serve God with your whole heart'<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse|Deuteronomy|11:13|HE}}</ref> – What service is performed with the heart? This is prayer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Taanit.2a.11|title=Taanit 2a:11|website=www.sefaria.org|access-date=12 December 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506160146/https://www.sefaria.org/Taanit.2a.11|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Based on this passage, [[Maimonides]] categorizes daily prayer as one of the [[613 commandments]].<ref>[[Mishneh Torah]], Laws of Prayer 1:1; [[Sefer Hamitzvot]], positive commandment 5</ref> He rules that the commandment is fulfilled by any prayer at any time in the day, not a specific text; and thus is not time-dependent, and is mandatory for both Jewish men and women.<ref name="AS-Prayer"/> In contrast, the requirement to say specific prayers at specific times is based not on biblical law, but rather [[De'oraita and derabanan|rabbinic decree]].<ref name=mt14>Mishneh Torah, Laws of Prayer 1:4</ref>