Gemara:

Berachot,  Shabbat 

Halacha:

Shabbat 

Machshava:

Shabbat 

Collections: R' Grunstein Lack of Davening on Shabbat

References: Berachot: 21A  

Description

If the whole idea of Shabbat is to get closer to G-d, then opening your heart and requesting of him this or that would have been the best way to do it. Why, then, is petitioning G-d for what you lack such an antithesis to Shabbat?