אורח חיים א׳Orach Chayim 1

Se’if 1א׳

יִתְגַּבֵּר כַּאֲרִי לַעֲמֹד בַּבֹּקֶר לַעֲבוֹדַת בּוֹרְאוֹ שֶׁיְּהֵא הוּא מְעוֹרֵר הַשַּׁחַר: הַגָּה: וְעַל כָּל פָּנִים לֹא יְאַחֵר זְמַן הַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁהַצִּבּוּר מִתְפַּלְּלִין. (טוּר) הַגָּה: שִׁוִּיתִי ה' לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד הוּא כְּלָל גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה וּבְמַעֲלוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹלְכִים לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים, כִּי אֵין יְשִׁיבַת הָאָדָם וּתְנוּעוֹתָיו וַעֲסָקָיו וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ כִּישִׁיבָתוֹ וּתְנוּעוֹתָיו וַעֲסָקָיו וְהוּא לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל, וְלֹא דִּבּוּרוֹ וְהַרְחָבַת פִּיו כִּרְצוֹנוֹ וְהוּא עִם אַנְשֵׁי בֵּיתוֹ וּקְרוֹבָיו כְּדִבּוּרוֹ בְּמוֹשַׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן כְּשֶׁיָּשִׂים הָאָדָם אֶל לִבּוֹ שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל הָקָּבָּ"ה אֲשֶׁר מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ עוֹמֵד עָלָיו וְרוֹאֶה בְּמַעֲשָׂיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אִם יִסָּתֵר אִישׁ בַּמִּסְתָּרִים וַאֲנִי לֹא אֶרְאֶנּוּ נְאֻם ה', מִיָּד יַגִּיעַ אֵלָיו הַיִּרְאָה וְהַהַכְנָעָה וּפַחַד ה' יִתְבָּרַךְ וּבָשְׁתּוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ תָּמִיד (מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים ח"ג פ' כ"ב) וְלֹא יִתְבַּיֵּשׁ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם הַמַּלְעִיגִים עָלָיו בַּעֲבוֹדַת ה' יִתְבָּרַךְ גַּם בְּהֶצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת. וּבְשָׁכְבּוֹ עַל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ יֵדַע לִפְנֵי מִי הוּא שׁוֹכֵב, וּמִיָּד כְּשֶׁיֵּעוֹר מִשְּׁנָתוֹ יָקוּם בִּזְרִיזוּת לַעֲבוֹדַת בּוֹרְאוֹ יִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְרוֹמֵם (טוּר).

One should strengthen himself like a lion to rise in the morning for the service of his Creator, so that it is he who awakens the dawn. Hagah [Rema]: And in any case he should not delay beyond the time of the prayer that the congregation prays. (Tur) Hagah [Rema]: "I have set the Lord always before me" is a great principle in the Torah and among the virtues of the righteous who walk before God. For a man's sitting, his movements, and his dealings while he is alone in his house are not like his sitting, his movements, and his dealings while he is before a great king; nor are his speech and the free rein of his mouth as he wishes while he is with the people of his household and his relatives like his speech in the seat of the king. How much more so when a man takes to heart that the great King, the Holy One, blessed be He, whose glory fills the whole earth, stands over him and sees his deeds, as it is said: "If a man hides himself in secret places, shall I not see him? says the Lord" — at once the awe and the submission and the dread of God, blessed be He, and his shame before Him will reach him, always. (Moreh Nevuchim III, ch. 22) And he should not be ashamed before people who mock him in the service of God, blessed be He, also in walking modestly. And when he lies down on his bed he should know before whom he lies; and as soon as he wakes from his sleep he should rise with alacrity to the service of his Creator, may He be exalted and raised up. (Tur)

Se’if 2ב׳

הַמַּשְׁכִּים לְהִתְחַנֵּן לִפְנֵי בּוֹרְאוֹ, יְכַוֵּן לַשָּׁעוֹת שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּנּוֹת הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת שֶׁהֵן בִּשְׁלִישׁ הַלַּיְלָה וּלְסוֹף שְׁנֵי שְׁלִישֵׁי הַלַּיְלָה וּלְסוֹף הַלַּיְלָה, שֶׁהַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל בְּאוֹתָן הַשָּׁעוֹת עַל הַחֻרְבָּן וְעַל הַגָּלוּת, רְצוּיָה.

One who rises early to supplicate before his Creator should time it to the hours at which the watches change, which are at a third of the night, and at the end of two thirds of the night, and at the end of the night; for the prayer that he prays in those hours over the destruction and over the exile finds favor.

Se’if 3ג׳

רָאוּי לְכָל יְרֵא שָׁמַיִם שֶׁיְּהֵא מֵיצֵר וְדוֹאֵג עַל חֻרְבַּן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

It is fitting for everyone who fears Heaven to be distressed and worried over the destruction of the Temple.