Literally "eighteen". Also called the "Amidah". The prayer consisting of 19 blessings, recited three times daily, and four times on Shabbat and Yom-Tov. It forms the backbone of all of the daily prayers.
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Extended Amidah or answering chazzan
Assuming one isn’t the 10th member of a minyan and is just a face in the crowd, if you have the option of praying a very slow and meaningful Amidah, but then you’ll end when the Chazan is already well into the chazara and will have missed answering…
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Tapping chest in סלח לנו
Artscroll siddur says to tap ones chest during the beracha of סלח לנו in the עמידה. Where does this come from?
There didn't seem to a part of שולחן ערוך that talks about this ברכה and other סידורים don't mention it....
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Exact Direction of Prayer
I saw an article of Rabbi Itzkowitz (?) on the web 6 years ago about whether one should face Jerusalem in the precise direction as on the compass, or the shortest direction by travel, as the planes fly. Could you find this article for me?
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When have I started Shemoneh Esrei?
There is a halacha that one is not allowed to interrupt once he has started Shemoneh Esrei until he has finished, with various exceptions (O.C. 104).
Let's say I take my three steps forward and then realize that the guy about to start davening…
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Davening Amidah quietly during Chazarat HaShatz
What is the custom when davening the amidah quietly. Assuming that someone is in the body of the amidah, I am aware that he has to stay quiet during kedusha, but if he is in Elokai netzor, he says “kodosh kodosh kodosh etc” and “Barooch kevod” -…
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What is the leading foot for stepping back before reciting Shemoneh Esrei?
I have read here that when finishing the Shemoneh Esrei one should first step back with his left foot to indicate that he is not excited about leaving G-d's presence. However, what does the halacha state regarding the leading foot before reciting…
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Where does the Amidah "officially" start?
In most of the Birnbaum Siddurim editions, before Musaph, he says that the verse כי שם ה' אקרא.. is not recited during Shacharit or Ma'ariv as this would constitute an interruption between גאולה and תפילה.
(Briefly explained - During the morning…
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Oseh Shalom Amidah mistake
if a person accidentally slurred their words or made a mistake in the amidah on the part that says "He who makes peace in His heavens, may He make peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen.", do they have to recite the amidah again? or just…
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Why is the bracha for Temple considered thanksgiving and not a request?
The Shemoneh Esrei is organized with three brachot denoting praise, the middle brachot consisting of requests, and the last three consisting of thanksgiving. Why is asking for the Temple considered thanksgiving and not a request? Shouldn't the…
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Understanding the end of the Blessing 'Sim Shalom'
In the sentence
כי באור פניך נתת לנו ה' אלוהינו תורת חיים ואהבת חסד וצדקה וברכה
ורחמים וחיים ושלום
are the words
אהבת חסד וצדקה וברכה ורחמים וחיים ושלום
attributes of the Torah, or are they independent things?
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Mistakes in Amidah
I could not find this answered specifically, so I apologize in advance if this is a duplicate.
If you make a pronunciation mistake, or lose your place in the final section of the amidah, can you go back the the start of a sentence you have not…
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Amida: Why not voice thanks for what you yourself received?
I have heard that we may add our own specific requests in the middle set of brachot of the Amida, if we feel the need, but that additions are not allowed in the first 3 or last 3 brachot. Why are we not allowed to add our own specific thanks in the…
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Implication of the besefer chaim addition?
I always thought that the many plurals in the amida refer to the Jewish people.
But the wording of the besefer chaim addition to the sim shalom paragraph of the amida for this time of year (yamim noraim) seems not to fit with that. The addition…
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Do you say "aneinu" if you don't eat anything all day but drink lots of water?
Do you say "aneinu" if you don't eat anything all day but drink lots of water?
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