Why Pray?

If it is all in the Torah... why pray? Why not just study Torah?

Actually not everything is in the Torah. At least not direct responses to every issue. There are no 'instructions' for every circumstance. There is, however, the imparting of wisdom to learn to deal with issues in better ways.

We must study Torah... but that is not why we pray - prayer is not a cerebral exercise.

We pray to shift consciousness and focus.

There is more here to explore.

Interesting Link: How Jews Pray