And if there are Torah students that do not lengthen their prayers, from the above-mentioned ‘Torah Ohr’ they now know that there is no room for this sort of mistake that they are not obligated to lengthen their prayers.
And the fact that there are those who think that because they have rushed their prayers for a while and no-one has protested therefore their behaviour is approved. It has already been clarified by the Alter Rebbe in ‘Torah Ohr’ that there is no room for this mistake. And this is an issue between him and the Alter Rebbe.
And if he has a reason for his behaviour then he shall take his complaint to the Alter Rebbe to see if his argument is an answer or an excuse. [And if he is the type that can argue then it is better instead of utilising this talent to hold back from spending time Davenning better to utilise it to add further understanding in Chassidus]. And in fact, one needs to extend the length of his Davening time.
And those that think that they can effectuate this with less time as the maxim ‘better less but with the right intention’ it is not true because when one reduces the time spent one also lacks in intention and in truth one needs to contemplate which requires a length of time. The proof is from the words of the Alter Rebbe in Iggeres Hakodesh of the book of Tanya where he says that one needs to pray for at least an hour and a half and if it could have been done quicker the Alter Rebbe would not have demanded specifically this period of time and definitely not with this attitude.
Furthermore, regarding those that sit and study Torah if they do not take their time over their Davening this will cause that also others will learn from them with a Kal VoChomer if someone who sits and studies who has time only Davens for a short period of time most certainly someone who has no time can Daven even shorter than this.
