Jewish prayer (,
tefillah ; plural ,
tefillos or
tefillot ;
Yiddish תּפֿלה tfile , plural
תּפֿלות tfilles ;
Yinglish:
davening from Yiddish דאַוונען
daven ‘to pray’) are the
prayer recitations and
Jewish meditation traditions that form part of the observance of Rabbinic
Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the
siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. In general, Jewish men are obligated to pray three times a day
within specific time ranges (zmanim), while, according to tradition, women are only required to pray once daily, as they are generally exempted from obligations that are time dependent.