Amidah

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Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish prayer
central prayer of Jewish liturgy
standing prayer
addressedTo God of Israel
alsoKnownAs Eighteen Benedictions
Shemoneh Esrei
associatedWithTextualTradition Rabbinic Judaism
halakhicStatus obligatory prayer for many Jews
hasVariant Rosh Hashanah Amidah
Shabbat Amidah
Yom Kippur Amidah
festival Amidah
weekday Amidah
includes Kedushah in repetition
includesGesture bowing at specific blessings
stepping back at end
stepping forward at beginning
includesSection petition blessings
praise blessings
thanksgiving blessings
influencedBy Temple sacrificial order
language Hebrew
liturgicalFunction central prayer of each service
core element of traditional Jewish worship
numberOfBlessingsWeekday 19
originalNumberOfBlessings 18
partOf Jewish daily prayer services
Ma’ariv
Mincha
Musaf
Ne’ilah
Shacharit
performedAs repetition aloud by prayer leader
silent prayer
standing
purpose personal and communal supplication
praise of God
thanksgiving to God
recitedBy individual worshippers
prayer leader
recitedOn High Holy Days
Jewish festivals
Shabbat
weekdays
religiousTradition Judaism
requires facing Jerusalem
standing with feet together
structure series of blessings
timePeriodOfFormation late Second Temple period

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Amidah ("Shabbat Amidah")
Amidah ("Rosh Hashanah Amidah")
Amidah ("Yom Kippur Amidah")
hasVariant
Musaf
Musaf prayer ("Silent Amidah")
Musaf prayer ("Repetition of the Amidah")
includesSection
Machzor ("Amidah for festivals")
Siddur
contains
Neilah
Shacharit
hasComponent
Malchuyot ("Rosh Hashanah Musaf Amidah")
Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah
partOf
Amidah ("Shemoneh Esrei")
alsoKnownAs
Shacharit ("Amidah prayer")
associatedWith
Mincha
component
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite
includesPrayer
Musaf prayer
liturgicalCore
Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah ("Maariv Amidah")
recitedDuring
Mincha ("Silent Amidah")
structure
Kingship verses ("Rosh Hashanah Amidah")
usedInLiturgy

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