More Discussions for this daf
1. Breaking the Glass 2. Prayer times 3. Tefilas Chanah
4. Comparison to Rashi about Yosef in Vayigash 5. Eli seeing fault in Chana 6. Did Hash-m create "man" with useless parts?
7. re question on simcha b tefilla vilna gaon on daf 31a 8. Chumrah Adopted by Bnos Yisrael 9. The 3 "simple" Halachos
10. Ta'anis l'Ta'aniso 11. Chumras R' Zeira 12. "Like a mourner amongst the merry"
13. Moreh Halachah bi'Fnei Rabo 14. Chana and Eli 15. Rebbi Akiva moving during Tefilah
16. Question on Sota 17. מיתה בידי שמים
DAF DISCUSSIONS - BERACHOS 31

Stephen Goldenberg asked:

chap 5 berachos 31a: in the verse it states that david established set time for for prayer, evening and morning and afternoon, we understand that there is an obligation to pray at those time.

why would the talmud say this when we pray at those times. abraham, isaac, and jacob prayed at those time that is why we pray at those times. could you please explain this to me more. I know they are talking about daniel in his times of praye but why would the talmud say we get this from david.

Stephen Goldenberg, baghdad, iraq

The Kollel replies:

The Gemara is only proving that the three Tefilos that we Daven each day should be said on three different occasions, and not all in one sitting.

The Maharsha explains that in fact, the Gemara could have proved it from the fact that the Chachamim instituted three Tefilos each day, irrespective of whether it is because the Avos did so, or corresponding to the Avodah in the Beis Hamikdash (as was discussed above on Daf 26b). But it preferred to cite the Pasuk in Tehilim, which divides the three Tefilos more explicitly.

I'm not sure why he doesn't answer that a proof from a Pasuk is always preferable. (Even better, the Chachamim fixed three individual Tefilos based on the Pasuk in Tehilim.) Either way, your question is answered.

Be'Virchas Kol Tuv

Eliezer Chrysler