1
Prayer is appointed at regular times so that the life of the community is ordered toward remembrance of Yahuah rather than merely private appetite.
2
Prayer may be public or private; public prayer shall be conducted without vainglory and private prayer without contempt for communal obligation.
3
Petitions for rulers do not make rulers infallible. Prayer asks that they be guided into righteousness and restrained from injustice.
4
Those who pray for mercy must not use prayer as a substitute for returning what they stole or repairing harm they caused.