Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 5/1/Translation


 * [One] should not stand up to pray unless he is in a serious frame of mind {lit. "heaviness of head"}.
 * The original pious ones used to wait one hour and then pray,
 * in order to direct their hearts towards the Omnipresent.
 * [While one is reciting Shemona Esrei,] even if a [Jewish] king greets him {lit. "asks about his welfare"}, he should not respond to him,
 * and even if a [non-poisonous] snake wraps around his heel, he should not interrupt [verbally].