[mvpel]

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men."

And that's all well and good for Christians, but this thread is about a Jew. And for Jews, this bears repeating:

And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

[graceisfree]

..oh and so Jesus was not a Jew?

[Tzfat]

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men."

Your assertion is obvious (and absurd). You think "public prayer" is out of bounds... if it looks too Jewish. My guess is that if you attend church that someone prays out loud, and you would have no problem with THAT. Hmmm, maybe you need to learn a little bit about the JEW you call "Jesus." Prayer is a very Jewish thing.