Amidah

Proper noun

Meaning

Amidah

(Judaism) A prayer primarily consisting of nineteen blessings recited in a whisper while standing facing the site of the Temple in Jerusalem.

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The first of the "request" prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole. Jonathan Sacks

In addition, the Amidah prayer traditionally replaces the Temple's daily tamid and special-occasion Mussaf (additional) offerings (there are separate versions for the different types of sacrifices ). Source: Internet

One reason for this is that, while the prevailing practice may satisfy the law concerning the timing of Arvit in the sense of the evening Amidah, it means that the evening Shema is recited too early. Source: Internet

In fact it’s a distillation of a prayer the Jews said every day called the Amidah. Source: Internet

At the heart of each service is the Amidah or Shemoneh Esrei. Source: Internet

During the rainy season between December and Passover there are also additions in the Amidah for blessed dew to come together with rain. Source: Internet

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