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    The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah, 'The Standing Prayer'), also called the Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה 'eighteen'), is the central prayer...
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    Nianfo (redirect from Namu Amidah Buddha)
    The Nianfo (Chinese: 念佛; pinyin: niànfó, alternatively in Japanese 念仏 (ねんぶつ, nenbutsu); Korean: 염불; RR: yeombul; or Vietnamese: niệm Phật) is a Buddhist...
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    Maariv (section Amidah)
    in the evening or night. It consists primarily of the evening Shema and Amidah. The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms, followed by the...
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    the twice-daily recitation of the Shema, the Amidah, and the cycle of public Torah reading. The Amidah (or Shemoneh Esreh) prayer is traditionally ascribed...
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    Amidah. A prayer for the restoration of the "house of our lives" and the shekhinah (divine presence) "to dwell among us" is recited during the Amidah...
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  • service (which includes the Amidah and all Jewish prayers that follow that are normally recited during Shacharit) and the Amidah itself that is recited for...
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  • Private recitation of the Amidah traditionally ends with the Yehi Ratzon prayer for the restoration of the Temple. The Amidah itself is said to represent...
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  • recited by some Jewish communities during weekday Maariv between Shema and Amidah. Its name is from the first 3 words of the first verse. The first four verses...
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    agree that pesukei dezimra, the Shema Yisrael and its blessings, and the Amidah are major sections. Some identify the preliminary blessings and readings...
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    (both Nusach Ashkenaz and Nusach Sefard) an extended repetition of the Amidah prayer for both Shacharit and Mussaf including piyyutim; even communities...
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    tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances. Since a large part of the tractate...
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  • community, particularly the chant used for recitative prayers such as the Amidah. This is distinct from textual nusach, the exact text of the prayer service...
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  • Number of days of Sukkot and Pesach (Israel) Number of blessings in the Amidah of Shabbat, Yom Tov, and all Musaf prayers (except Rosh Hashanah) Number...
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    HaNissim ([ו]עַל הַנִסִּים‎, "[and] on the miracles") is an addition to the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon on Hanukkah and Purim. On both holidays, it starts off...
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  • The Kedushah is traditionally the third section of all Amidah recitations. In the silent Amidah it is a short prayer, but in the repetition, which requires...
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  • repentance are recited at the closing of Yom Kippur. Neilah marks the fifth Amidah of Yom Kippur, the only such occasion in the Hebrew calendar in which there...
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  • the blessings of the Amidah. There are a few types of these: Shiv‘ata: A series of seven poems, of even length, to adorn the Amidah of a Sabbath or festival...
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  • blessing from the Amidah, the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. It is a condensed version of the middle 13 blessings of the Amidah, recited in places...
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  • to the out-loud repetition of the Amidah, which is recited in each daytime prayer. On typical evenings, the Amidah is recited only silently, with no out-loud...
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    HaNissim prayer Jews add to the Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) and the Amidah during the festival's eight days. In all extant accounts from the Second...
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    augury—"Next year in Jerusalem—which was then included in the thrice-daily Amidah (Standing prayer). Pinsker wrote: "The fact that, as it seems, we can mix...
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  • Peace") is a blessing that is recited at the end of the morning Amidah and the Mincha Amidah during fast days in the Ashkenazic tradition, and on mincha of...
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    three times, plus in some congregations the Aleinu prayer during the Musaf Amidah on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, are the only times in Jewish services when...
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    Dead. For this reason, extra mention is made for the Book of Life during amidah recitations during the High Holy Days, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah...
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  • benediction, the 19th blessing in the silent prayer said three times daily, the Amidah. This prayer condemns heretics, most likely the Jewish Christians. He is...
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  • despite the loss they still praise God. Along with the Shema Yisrael and the Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central elements in the Jewish...
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  • liturgy on the festivals and Rosh Chodesh; it is inserted into both the Amidah and Birkat HaMazon. It requests that God "remember" His people for merit...
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  • different version of this prayer, Sim Shalom (שִׂים שָׁלוֹם), for the morning Amidah; Sim Shalom is also recited by all Ashkenazim at mincha of fast days, and...
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    mighty forever." It is said daily in the Gevurot, the second blessing of the Amidah, the central Jewish prayer. However, according to Katelyn Mesler, "after...
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    Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers Shema Amidah Aleinu Kaddish Minyan Birkat Hamazon Shehecheyanu Hallel Havdalah Tachanun...
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