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.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519500 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amidah Context triple: [Siddur, contains, Amidah]
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A.
Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
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B.
Hallel
Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.
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C.
Kaddish
"Kaddish" is a landmark long poem by Beat Generation writer Allen Ginsberg, renowned for its raw, elegiac meditation on his mother, mortality, and Jewish identity.
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D.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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E.
Selichot
Selichot are Jewish penitential prayers and liturgical poems recited especially in the period leading up to the High Holy Days to seek forgiveness and divine mercy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amidah Target entity description: Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
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A.
Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
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B.
Hallel
Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.
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C.
Kaddish
"Kaddish" is a landmark long poem by Beat Generation writer Allen Ginsberg, renowned for its raw, elegiac meditation on his mother, mortality, and Jewish identity.
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D.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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E.
Selichot
Selichot are Jewish penitential prayers and liturgical poems recited especially in the period leading up to the High Holy Days to seek forgiveness and divine mercy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish prayer
ⓘ
central prayer of Jewish liturgy ⓘ standing prayer ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
God of Israel
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Eighteen Benedictions
ⓘ
Amidah ⓘ
surface form:
Shemoneh Esrei
|
| associatedWithTextualTradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| halakhicStatus | obligatory prayer for many Jews ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Amidah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rosh Hashanah Amidah
Amidah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shabbat Amidah
Amidah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yom Kippur Amidah
festival Amidah ⓘ Shacharit ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Kodashim
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amidah Description of subject: Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
Referenced by (51)
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