If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.
Through prayer, fasting, and studying, God will answer.
I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.
Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference between eating dinner and merely reading the menu.
Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful.
Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.
In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.