Should one pray while adopting an attitude of awe as if standing before a king?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah opens with the principle that one should see oneself as standing before a king, speaking in terror. The Aruch HaShulchan supports this from talmudic accounts of Rav Kahana.
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