Amazingly enough, not everyone needs to pray:
“Those whose full-time occupation is learning Torah, such as Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and his colleagues, should interrupt their studies to recite the Shema but not for the Amidah prayer.” (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 106:2, based on Shabbat 11a)
This statement is quite surprising. Does not prayer fulfill a basic spiritual need? True, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was a great scholar who completely immersed himself in Torah study — but why should he be exempt from prayer?
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