Should one who prays from a siddur mark all necessary pages/places before beginning the Amidah to avoid searching during prayer?
Synopsis
The Taz and Mishnah Berurah derive from the rules about the siddur that one should pre-mark all prayer sections in the siddur before beginning the Amidah to avoid distracting searches mid-prayer.
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