Interesting Jewish-Target incident. Help interpret?

Question

In my everlasting quest to understand religion, here's what I saw at Target (store) yesterday:

At 7:45pm I was parked in front of the store, waiting for my wife to come out.
Suddenly, a Jewish man (black suit, sideburns, beard and cap, yarmulke I think it's called.?) quickly walked out of the store, placed his shopping bag down, and turned to face the store front (wall).
He was very close to the wall, even going as far as to touch it with one palm at times. His hands were always out in front of him like when praying and his lips were moving although I could hear nothing.
After about 5 minutes of this, his wife (I guess) came out of the store, interrupted his praying for a moment, put her bags down and then went back into the store.
The man continued his praying for another 5 minutes.
Finally he finished, and get this,... he turned back around to face the parking lot again AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE as if satisfied following a good roll-in-the-hay.
Can someone decipher this to me?

By the way, I'm not complaining about the smoking or even the Jewish religion. I'm just trying to piece this all together for personal knowledge.

Answer 1

Maybe he was praying for a cigarette and he GOT ONE!
God exists!
Here is the proof!

Answer 2

Jews pray at set times throughout the day he was probably praying the afternoon prayer (MINCHA )

Answer 3

Perhaps making sure the store was kosher so his wife could shop there freely. Or perhaps praying that he still had money in his bank account when she got out.

Answer 4

Perhaps he just prayed and decided to have a smoke?

Answer 5

How many ppl do that after a church service. It's the addiction and momentary high from that 1st drag off the cig. That's what you saw. He was doing him prayers and enjoying a cig after. So what's your problem?

Answer 6

he was worshipping