Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

Why we need a fixed place to daven from? We just learned from Yaakov Avinu in Parshas Vayechi that tefila is compared to an arrow. It says by Hagar that she stood by Yishmoel as far as the shooting of an arrow. The Chasan Sofer explains that the Torah is telling us that she stood away from love and not from hate. When it comes to an arrow, the closer you pull it to yourself, the further it goes. It could be that davenen is similar. The closer you are to Hashem the further it will reach. I heard in the name of the Arizal that when you shooting an arrow, if you shoot from different locations, you cannot penetrate through the barrier. So by davenen, being similar to an arrow, we must shoot from the same location.