Meaning of ארכן | Babel Free

הגדרות

a lengthener, one who speaks at length, one who prays for an extended period of time

דוגמאות

“תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּתַלְמִיד אֶחָד שֶׁיָּרַד לִפְנֵי הַתֵּיבָה בִּפְנֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, וְהָיָה מַאֲרִיךְ יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַּלְמִידָיו: כַּמָּה אָרְכָן הוּא זֶה! אָמַר לָהֶם: כְּלוּם מַאֲרִיךְ יוֹתֵר מִמֹּשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״אֵת אַרְבָּעִים הַיּוֹם וְאֶת אַרְבָּעִים הַלַּיְלָה וְגוֹ׳״?!”

Continuing on the subject of prayer, the Sages taught: There was an incident where one student descended to serve as prayer leader before the ark in the presence of Rabbi Eliezer, and he was excessively prolonging his prayer. His students complained and said to him: How long-winded he is. He said to them: Is this student prolonging his prayer any more than Moses our teacher did? As about Moses it is written: “And I prostrated myself before the Lord for the forty days and forty nights that I prostrated myself”. There is no limit to the duration of a prayer.

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