Prayer

If a father tells his son specifically not to say Slichot, what should be done and how - if the answer is to daven anyway, what are ways to lie in regards to telling parent(s) about praying if asked?

I am currently suffering from a chronic illness. I believe that Hashem has given this to me as a punishment for my many sins. While I am trying to do Teshuva, I am also wondering what is the best way to pray to Hashem for forgiveness and healing. Are there any other things I can do spiritually that may help me?

Hi, I say Tehillim every day and I have a list of people to Daven for. Over time, people have asked me to Daven for people, and now with social media, people ask me to Daven. There are people that I cannot track back and see how they are doing. Some have been on my list for a few years already (with cancer etc), but I really don't know how they are doing. Should I still Daven for them? For how long? I have a very long list. I suppose I feel if I stop, I would feel badly and if I continue, they might not be sick anymore or C'V worse. I am more careful now and organized when I take on names, but for the list that I have been davening for that I don't know about , I am struggling with.

I only understand 25% of the davening . What is the point of spending 50 minutes davening?

Hello, how can I pray (for revenge) for a non-jew who did very evil things to me? Is there any strong prayer for that? Because I feel helpless

As anyone who uses them knows, tefillin straps have a smooth black and a rough brown side. I learned one is supposed to don tefillin with the black side facing out. If one mistakenly dons tefillin with the brown side facing out, is it still valid?