תְּפִלָּה, תְּפִי׳ I f. (b. h.; פָּלַל) [intercession, pleading,] prayer, esp. T’fillah, the Prayer of Benedictions to be said three times every day, four times on the Sabbath and the festivals (v. מוּסַף), and five times on the Day of Atonement and public fast-days (v. נְעִילָה). Taan. 2ᵃ ומנלן דבת׳ and whence do you prove that the mention of, and the prayer for rain must be inserted in the T’fillah? Ib. עבודה שבלב זו ת׳, v. עֲבוֹדָה. Ber. IV, 1 תְּפִלַּת השחר the morning T’fillah, ת׳ המנחה the afternoon T’fillah &c. (v. respective determinants). Ib. 5ᵃ אלו הם יסורין … בטול ת׳ sufferings of love are those with which no cessation of prayer is connected. Ib. 6ᵇ הקובע מקום לתְפִלָּתוֹ he that has a regular place for his prayers. Ib. 31ᵇ שאסור לישב … של ת׳ that it is forbidden to sit down within four cubits distance from one in prayer; a. v. fr.—Ib. 31ᵃ, a. fr. שומע ת׳ (abbrev. ש"ת) ‘hearer of prayer’, the fifteenth section of the Prayer of Benedictions which closes with, ‘blessed be thou, O Lord, the hearer of prayer.’—Pl. תְּפִלּוֹת, תְּפִי׳. Ib. 26ᵇ ת׳ אבות תקנום the patriarchs introduced regular prayers. Ib. ת׳ כנגד תמידין תקנום prayers (T’filloth) have been instituted so as to correspond to the daily offerings. Sabb. 30ᵃ כמה ת׳ ותחנונים ever so many prayers and supplications; a. v. fr.