The Secret Of Mincha: Why This Prayer Is Considered The Greatest Gift To God?

The morning prayer is called shakar comes from the word shakar which means morning. Evening prayer is called arvit evening. But very interestingly the middle prayer the afternoon prayer is not called afternoon. It's called mina comes from the Hebrew word of a gift. And the reason why the afternoon prayer is considered a gift because getting up in the morning, starting a day off, it's okay. You can get into your routine, go to synagogue and pray, do your morning prayers or when you finish work, you go and you you finish up the day by doing your evening prayers, but in the afternoon, that is a hard one. You're middle of writing your deals, you're middle of your commerce, you're middle of work, and all of a sudden you have to pause and stop everything and pray to God. Now that is commitment. So that's why it's called a gift to God because that's a true gift of commitment.